Your long-awaited payday from Facebook privacy settlement is finally here - but it might be less than you expect.
Millions of Americans are now starting to receive payouts from a landmark $725 million privacy class-action settlement with Facebook, resolving claims that the platform improperly shared user data without consent to third parties, including with the controversial Cambridge Analytica firm. Cambridge Analytica was used by Donald Trump in 2016 during his first run for president and it was alleged to have helped spread Russian misinformation.
