Meta reaches $16.68B settlement over social media harms to children
This settlement resolves privacy lawsuits from California, Illinois, New Mexico, and Washington, DC, related to the Cambridge Analytica scandal, in which a consulting firm collected the personal data of millions of Facebook users.
It agreed to pay the sums and make major changes to Facebook and Instagram to resolve claims that it misled consumers about their safety and improperly collected personal data from children who used its platforms.
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