Facebook’s $90 Million ‘Like’ Button Tracking Suit Pact Approved

Facebook will pay $90 million to settle a long-running lawsuit over the use of browser cookies and the Facebook “Like” button to track user activity on the internet.

Judge Edward J. Davila of the US District Court for the Northern District of California granted final approval to the settlement Nov. 10, after giving the deal preliminary approval in March.

Perrin Davis, Brian Lentz and the other plaintiffs claimed in the 2011-filed lawsuit that Facebook, now known as Meta Platforms Inc., tracked users’ internet activity on pages that displayed a “Like” button using “cookies,” or small text files the server ...