Ninth Circuit Approves $90 Million Facebook Tracking Settlement

Facebook’s $90 million settlement of a long-running lawsuit over its online tracking of users was fair and reasonable, a federal appellate court said.

The US District Court for the Northern District of California didn’t abuse its discretion in approving the settlement amount and in setting aside statutory damages of $1.24 trillion as an unreasonable baseline for the analyzing the deal, the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit said Wednesday.

The plaintiffs in the consolidated class action lawsuit alleged that Facebook, now known as Meta Platforms Inc., tracked their online activities without their consent even when they were no ...