How Canadians Can Submit a Claim in $51 Million Facebook Settlement

Facebook users in B.C., Saskatchewan, Manitoba, and Newfoundland and Labrador are eligible for compensation as part of a $51 million class-action settlement accusing the social media giant of privacy breaches on its platform. A British Columbia Supreme Court judge approved the $51 million class-action settlement between Facebook parent company Meta and 4.3 million users in four provinces in March. The settlement, related to Facebook’s use of profile pictures in its now-defunct sponsored stories, is not an admission of wrongdoing by the tech titan. Rather, it is a compromise that allows the company to resolve the claims without any “admission of liability” by the defendant, according to class administrator MNP Ltd....