American Facebook Users Can Now Apply for Their Share of a $725 Million Facebook ...

[IceWizard]

American Facebook Users Can Now Apply for Their Share of
a $725 Million Facebook Settlement:

Here’s How

April 21, 2023






U.S. Facebook users may get a small portion of the money Facebook received for sharing user
data to target 2016 election ads.

Meta, the new parent company for Facebook, agreed in August 2022 to pay $725 million to settle
a class-action lawsuit alleging improper data sharing. Facebook users who lived in the U.S. and
had active accounts between May 24, 2007, and December 22, 2022, may be eligible for a settlement.


The Epoch Times further reported:

Facebook users have until August 2023 to claim part of a $725 million
class-action settlement of a lawsuit that claimed the company’s parent
Meta violated their privacy, according to a new website that went online
this week.

“If you were a Facebook user in the United States between May 24, 2007,
and December 22, 2022, inclusive, you may be eligible for a cash payment
from a Class Action Settlement,” the new website says, in part.
“Your rights are affected whether you act or don’t act.
Please read the Notice carefully,” it adds.

Those users, which likely encompass the vast majority of American Facebook
users who currently have an account on the social media platform, have until
Aug. 25, 2023, to submit a claim form.

“The only way to receive a cash payment from this Settlement is by submitting
a timely and properly completed Claim Form that obtains approval from the
Settlement Administrator. The Claim Form must be submitted no later than
August 25, 2023,” the site says.

Users can either submit an online form or download the form and mail it to the
settlement administrator. If the claim is accepted by the administrator, those
users will have to give up their right to file a lawsuit against Facebook in
connection to the claims.

The case and subsequent settlement sprang from 2018 reports that
Cambridge Analytica had paid a Facebook app developer for access to the personal
information of around 87 million users of Facebook. That data was then allegedly
used to have targeted U.S. voters during the 2016 campaign, according to the suit.

The two sides reached a temporary settlement agreement last August, just a few
weeks before a Sept. 20 deadline for Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his long-time
chief operating officer, Sheryl Sandberg, to submit to depositions.

The company based in Menlo Park, California, said in a statement late last year that
it pursued a settlement because it was in the best interest of its community and
shareholders. Meta also denied the allegations in the lawsuit but agreed to pay the
settlement for a variety of reasons.

“Over the last three years we revamped our approach to privacy and implemented
a comprehensive privacy program,” said spokesperson Dina El-Kassaby Luce.
“We look forward to continuing to build services people love and trust with privacy
at the forefront.”

You must have lived in the United States between May 24, 2007, and Dec. 22, 2022.
It means that residents of, for instance, the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada,
European countries, and any other country cannot apply.

People who deleted their Facebook account since the end of 2022 but want some of
the settlement money have to provide a date range when they were a Facebook user,
according to the website.

The number of Facebook users who could be eligible range from between 250 million
to 280 million, say court papers.

A final approval hearing is slated for Sept. 7, 2023, to consider whether to approve
the settlement. There could be future appeals, which would delay the payment.

The date of the hearing could also be changed due to a variety of reasons.

It’s not clear how much each claimant will receive as the settlement payment amount
depends on how many submit claims to the administrator. They will also have to show
how long they were a Facebook user during the eligibility period, which will factor into
the payment amount.

“Settlement payments will be distributed as soon as possible if the Court grants
Final Approval of the Settlement and after any appeals are resolved,”
the claim website’s FAQ explains.

Each settlement class member can submit only one claim relating to the suit. The funds
will be sent via your choice of a prepaid Mastercard or payment services like PayPal,
Venmo, Zelle, or a direct bank deposit.

“Unless you opt out of the settlement, you are automatically part of the Settlement.
If you do nothing, you will not get a payment from this Settlement and you will give up
the right to sue, continue to sue, or be part of another lawsuit against the Defendant
related to the legal claims or factual allegations resolved by this Settlement,” it says.

Facebook users have to include their name, address, email address, and confirm
that they lived in the United States and were using Facebook between
May 24, 2007, and Dec. 22, 2022, the form shows.


FaceBook Settlement Form

[Charon]

One wins pennies in class action litigation. The attorneys make the money. Perhaps it is worth a try though. I have just seen too much in law to believe.

[IceWizard]

$725 million settlement...

appox 280 million users

Lawyers take 60% (I don't know) $435 million

That would leave $290 million to split up ...

But 1 million per case is a BIG stretch...

I'd settle for a couple-O-hundred thousand

Ice

[Charon]

sounds good.

[IceWizard]

I just looked through the "FAQ's" on that signup page...
Says the council will get 25% ... That's less than I thought..

Now it still has to be granted and any appeals exhausted
before any payout ... Could take a short lifetime

Ice

[Charon]

But u r following this and God may have put this in motion for His people. Especially You.

So many of us are struggling now. It would be a blessing.