Meta is offering $51 million to settle a class-action lawsuit in four Canadian provinces over the use of some users’ images in Facebook advertising.
The legal action filed by a B.C. woman claimed her image and those of others were used without their knowledge in Facebook’s “sponsored stories” advertising program, which is no longer in operation.
MNP Ltd., the court-appointed administrator handling the proposed settlement, says in a statement the agreement needs to be approved by a B.C. Supreme Court judge in March, along with a process to determine class members’ share of the money.
The lawsuit was expanded outside of B.C. in 2019 to include residents of Saskatchewan, Manitoba and Newfoundland and Labrador.
It’s always worth it for large corporations to break the law. Their profit always seems to exceed whatever penalty they face as a result of their actions.
If the penalty for a crime is a fine, then that crime only exists for the poor.
“The the fine is less than the profits, then its just the cost of doing business.”
That’s basically how these corporations work. Even a billion dollar fine for Facebook wouldn’t change a thing.