Get all your news in one place.
100's of premium titles.
One app.
Start reading
The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Technology
Mark Townsend

Facebook-Cambridge Analytica data breach lawsuit ends in 11th hour settlement

Facebook chairman and CEO Mark Zuckerberg testifies at a financial services committee hearing in Washington in 2019.
Facebook chairman and CEO Mark Zuckerberg testifies at a financial services committee hearing in Washington in 2019. Photograph: Erin Scott/Reuters

Facebook has dramatically agreed to settle a lawsuit seeking damages for allowing Cambridge Analytica access to the private data of tens of millions of users, four years after the Observer exposed the scandal that mired the tech giant in repeated controversy.

A court filing reveals that Meta, Facebook’s parent company, has in principle settled for an undisclosed sum a long-running lawsuit that claimed Facebook illegally shared user data with the UK analysis firm.

Sign up to read this article
Read news from 100's of titles, curated specifically for you.
Already a member? Sign in here
Related Stories
Top stories on inkl right now
One subscription that gives you access to news from hundreds of sites
Already a member? Sign in here
Our Picks
Fourteen days free
Download the app
One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.