Federal Judge Approves $90 Million Payment from
Facebook to Resolve Privacy Claims

A California federal judge has given final approval to a $90 million settlement resolving consumer privacy claims against Facebook parent Meta Platforms Inc, spurning an objection to the deal from plaintiffs’ lawyers leading a parallel antitrust case against the social media platform.

San Jose-based U.S. District Judge Edward Davila in an order on Friday called the privacy settlement “fair and reasonable,” despite claims from a group of antitrust lawyers who said the broad sweep of settlement terms jeopardized their case.

Davila also upheld an award of about $26 million in legal fees over other objectors’ challenge to the amount.

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