Were you on Facebook 10 years ago? You may be able to claim part of this $50 million payout

SYDNEY, Oct 27 : Right now, more than 311,000 Australian Facebook users can apply for a slice of a AUD 50 million compensation fund from tech giant Meta – the largest ever payment for a breach of Australians’ privacy. But the clock is ticking. Even if you’re eligible, you only have until December 31 2025 to make your claim. Similar payouts have already begun in the United States. From who’s eligible, to how to make a claim, to how much the eventual payout might be: here’s what you need to know. Why so many Australians can apply ————————————– The landmark settlement arose from Meta’s involvement in the Cambridge Analytica scandal: a massive data breach in the 2010s, when a British data firm harvested private information from 87 million Facebook profiles worldwide. It led to a re