Payments could soon go out for a $725M Facebook settlement – NBC Chicago

(NOTE: Video in the player above is from a previous story) Facebook users who filed a claim in a $725 million settlement years ago will soon finally receive their payouts. Checks are set to be distributed starting this month and continuing for 10 weeks, according to a website dedicated to the settlement. Originally, payments were expected to go out soon after the settlement was approved on Oct. 10, 2023. But two appeals were filed and eventually resolved on May 14, 2025. On May 22, the settlement was finalized. This payment will be different from the checks many received as part of a separate Facebook settlement earlier this year. That $90 million settlement with Facebook’s parent company involved the social media platform’s famous “Like” button. A class-action lawsuit had accused “Facebook of tracking its subscribers’ activities on non-Facebook websites – even while signed out of their Facebook accounts,” between April 22, 2010 and Sept. 25, 2011. Here’s what to know: U.S. & World What is the settlement for? The settlement was reached with Facebook’s parent company, Meta Platforms Inc. following a lawsuit, which alleged Facebook made users’ data available to third parties without their permission and claimed the platform did not monitor or
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