Meta is sending people money for having their digital privacy violated, but exactly how much are they sending out?
That's the big question these days. Starting in September, Meta began gradually rolling out payments to some Facebook users who had successfully submitted a claim by the 2023 deadline. These claims were related to the circa 2018 Cambridge Analytica scandal in which Facebook allegedly allowed the misuse of user data, causing the company to agree to pay out a total of $725 million to its users.
So, how much is that worth, legally speaking? If you had your data violated by Facebook and submitted a claim, the amount you get is going to differ based on how long you were on Facebook during the period in which data was being misused. According to various reports, including a first-hand account from Reuters, payouts are averaging around $30 per person, with none being higher than about $38.
It's up to you to decide if $30 is enough to compensate for having your personal information scraped by a firm that helped get Donald Trump elected president in 2016.
