Facebook users in the US who had an active account between May 2007 and December 2022 now have the opportunity to claim their share of a $725 million settlement related to the Cambridge Analytica scandal. The legal battle began four years ago after it was revealed that as many as 87 million Facebook users had their private information obtained by Cambridge Analytica, a data analytics firm that worked with the Trump campaign. Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg was forced to testify before Congress and issued apologies for the mishandling of user data. Since then, the social media giant has made changes to its privacy practices, including restricting third-party access to user data and improving communication with users about how their data is collected and shared. In December 2021, Facebook rebranded itself as Meta and agreed to pay the settlement to settle the class action lawsuit alleging privacy violations. Meta did not admit wrongdoing as part of the settlement. ...