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Record Facebook privacy settlement too small, objectors tell US appeals court

By Mike Swift ( February 7, 2025, 23:37 GMT | Insight) -- The record $725 million settlement Facebook agreed to pay to end class-action litigation over the Cambridge Analytica privacy scandal was too small given the statutory damages the company would have faced had the case gone to trial, objectors to the settlement told a federal appeals court. Lawyers for the plaintiffs argued that US District Judge Vince Chhabria properly analyzed and approved the settlement in 2023.Facebook’s $725 million litigation settlement over the Cambridge Analytica breach is a US privacy class-action record, but a federal appeals court heard arguments today the amount was too small because the approving judge failed to independently analyze the deal....

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