Facebook’s $725 Million Cambridge Analytica Deal Gets Final OK

Meta Platforms Inc. will pay $725 million to settle claims it violated Facebook users’ privacy by sharing their personal data with Cambridge Analytica, a research firm tied to Donald Trump’s campaign, during the 2016 presidential-election cycle.

The settlement, with an estimated class size between 250 and 280 million claimants, provides the largest data-privacy class action recovery to date, according to attorneys for the plaintiffs.

Judge Vince Chhabria of the US District Court for the Northern District of California issued an order giving the deal final approval Tuesday.

Facebook also paid a $5 billion fine to the US government in July ...