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Have you used Facebook in the past 16 years? You may qualify for payment.

April 19, 2023 at 4:39 a.m. EDT
Facebook settled a class-action lawsuit claiming the social network violated the data privacy of millions of its users. (Lionel Bonaventure/AFP/Getty Images)
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If you’ve used Facebook in the United States during the past 16 years, you may be among tens of millions of users eligible to submit a claim for payment from the social media giant, according to a recently launched class-action settlement website.

Current or former Facebook users can now file for compensation as part of the $725 million settlement reached in a lawsuit that alleged the social media company, owned by Meta, shared users’ data without their consent.