You have a month left to get your share of Facebook’s $725M settlement

https://www.cnbc.com/2023/07/28/how-to-get-your-payment-from-facebooks-725-million-settlement.html

by gslin • 3 years ago

37 15 3 years ago

mgrund• 3 years ago

… if you resided in the United States at any time between May 24, 2007 and December 22, 2022, inclusive.

Do you have to have had a Facebook account? I'm asking because they keep profiles on people even if they're not Facebook users.

zamalek• 3 years ago

It's going to be something like $5, like most class actions.

bhaney• 3 years ago

Does a large portion of this $725M not actually get allocated to "victims," or do you think 145M people are going to apply for this?

wkat42422• 3 years ago

I guess the lawyers will first extract a huuuugely generous commission for themselves, and what remains is peanuts :)

IggleSniggle• 3 years ago

From the settlement:

Class Counsel will ask the Court for an award of attorneys’ fees not to exceed 25% of the Settlement Fund, as well as reasonable expenses incurred in the litigation. They will also ask the Court to approve a Service Award for each of the Settlement Class Representatives not to exceed $15,000 each. The Court may award less than these amounts. If approved, these fees, expenses and awards will be paid from the Settlement Fund.

netfortius• 3 years ago

Google one was over $90

shusaku• 3 years ago

If it ever comes. As far as I can tell, Equifax still hasn’t been paid out

wkat42422• 3 years ago

Too bad it's US only :'(

javitury• 3 years ago

Does a student J1 visa qualify? Or are you required to have a resident permit?

suslik• 3 years ago

I had a J1 and I will apply. The website only says ‘resided in us at the time’

ungamedplayer• 3 years ago

The real take away from this post is that you can only get reperations from us companies if you are a US citizen.

Terr_• 3 years ago

No, that false: It says residents, not citizens.

Also, the limited scope is not unusual or special to the US either: Across the world there are different courts and jurisdictions, and very few allow some weird kind of global marque-and-reprisal.

If you're going to make cheap "USA uniquely bad" shots, at least pick actual problems.

worthless-trash• 3 years ago

No, it wasn't a cheap shot, it was based on the error condition on the page. You're reading too much into this.

You have a month left to get your share of Facebook’s $725M settlement

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