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Facebook sending out $40 payments to users over 'Like button' issue

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18.04.2025

(NEXSTAR) – Check your Venmo, email and mailbox: A payment from a years-old class action lawsuit against Facebook may be on its way this week.

Facebook's parent company, Meta, agreed to settle the lawsuit back in February 2022, but payments didn't start going out until April 10, 2025.

The lawsuit claimed Facebook was using cookies to collect data on users in 2010 and 2011, even when they were logged out or visiting other websites. The suit alleged users were still being tracked anytime they went to a website that displayed the Facebook "Like button."

The social media company denied any wrongdoing, but agreed to a $90 million settlement in the case. Any Facebook users who visited a website that displayed........

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