Overview
- The claims administrator will begin sending the second distribution on June 9 and will issue payments in batches over about four weeks with email alerts sent roughly three to four days before each payment.
- Only people who received and cashed an initial settlement payment from the $725 million Facebook privacy settlement are eligible to get a second payment.
- The supplemental payments are funded by uncashed checks returned to the administrator and are expected to be small, with the administrator estimating roughly $4.67 to $7.32 per recipient.
- Court filings and the administrator say about $100 million remained in the fund before administrative costs, leaving roughly $95 million for the second distribution and an estimated more than 15 million eligible recipients.
- The settlement stems from lawsuits tied to Facebook’s 2018 data scandal and Meta denies liability, so the payments resolve claims without an admission of wrongdoing and may prompt renewed public scrutiny over payout size and how class actions distribute funds.