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title: "‘Blown Away’: Facebook’s $725M Privacy Class Settlement Nets Record Claims"
description: Facebook's $725M Cambridge Analytica settlement sees record 17 million claims in class action, highlighting significant user engagement in the privacy case.
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# [‘Blown Away’: Facebook’s $725M Privacy Class Settlement Nets Record Claims](https://www.angeiongroup.com/news/blown-away-facebooks-725m-privacy-class-settlement-nets-record-claims)

 Written by [Angeion Group](https://www.angeiongroup.com/news/author/angeion-group) | Sep 7, 2023 4:30:00 AM

At a final approval hearing on Thursday, plaintiffs’ attorney Derek Loeser said there were 17 million claims in the Facebook settlement over the Cambridge Analytica scandal — the ‘most we’ve ever seen, and most ever submitted in a class action.’

The number of Facebook users who submitted claims in the $725 million class action settlement over the Cambridge Analytica scandal: 17,762,467.

That’s according to plaintiffs’ lawyers at a Thursday hearing on whether to grant final approval to deal with Facebook’s Meta Platforms Inc.

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