User data from the 2014 US election to Cambridge Analytica Facebook, which sold and signed the world’s largest data scandal, came to an end in this big case. Meta, the platform’s umbrella company,Cambridge Analytica scandalbecause of pay a $725 million fine he accepted.

On the other hand, Meta refused to fully admit his guilt while agreeing to pay the fine. The company states that only this agreementthe best for shareholders and the communityhe shared.

With the deal, the scandal finally came to an end:

With Meta accepting the sentence, the Cambridge-Analytica Scandal case, which has been going on since 2018, also comes to an end. The $750 million fine Meta will pay is one of the data privacy lawsuits in US history and Biggest penalty in meta history will be.

Let’s briefly recall the Cambridge-Analytica scandal:

It all started with the confessions of an informant in 2018. Cambridge Analytica company approximately Data from 90 million Facebook usersIt was found that it was offered without users’ consent to be used for ad targeting in the 2016 US election.

In addition, the advertisements created thanks to this data are believed to have played an important role in Donald Trump’s victory.