Meta settles Cambridge Analytica class-action lawsuit for $725 million
a $5 billion fine following a Federal Trade Commission investigation and $100 million to settle US Securities and Exchange Commission claims. It also paid £500,000 in fines to the UK, a pittance compared to what it would have paid had the GDPR been in place when the scandal occurred.
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