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Meta Settles $8 Billion Lawsuit, Avoids Court Testimony

7/20/2025

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Meta has reached an undisclosed settlement in an $8 billion shareholder lawsuit tied to the Cambridge Analytica scandal, sparing top executives, including CEO Mark Zuckerberg, from testifying in court. This lawsuit, initiated in 2018, claimed substantial financial losses due to privacy breaches, with the settlement coming just as the trial was about to commence.

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Meta has reached an undisclosed settlement in an $8 billion shareholder lawsuit tied to the Cambridge Analytica scandal, sparing top executives, including CEO Mark Zuckerberg, from testifying in court. This lawsuit, initiated in 2018, claimed substantial financial losses due to privacy breaches, with the settlement coming just as the trial was about to commence.