Facebook has begun distributing payments to users as part of a $725 million settlement over claims the platform misused personal data.

The payments, now being issued in waves, come nearly five years after Meta , Facebook's parent company, was first accused of allowing third-party access to user information without consent.

Why It Matters

The payment represents the largest data privacy settlement ever approved in the U.S. and underscores the growing legal pressure on tech companies to safeguard user data .

It follows a broader reckoning for Facebook over its business model, which has been accused of operating on "surveillance capitalism."

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission fined Facebook $5 billion in 2019 for failing to comply with a 2012 agreement requiring stronger data prote

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