Meta uses $17bn US social media deal to turn the page on Cambridge Analytica
By Maria Dinzeo ( August 28, 2026, 23:06 GMT | Comment) -- Meta Platforms has quietly turned its $17 billion US youth safety settlement into a vehicle for wiping away years of lingering state risk over Cambridge Analytica.Eight years after Cambridge Analytica became a defining privacy scandal for Facebook, Meta has finally been able to close out a major piece of legal risk that had continued to hang over the company....
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