An $8-billion class action lawsuit against Mark Zuckerberg and other Meta board members will start over the Cambridge Analytica scandal, which involved harvesting user data. Plaintiffs argue this data misuse violated a 2012 agreement with the FTC. The case has persisted through legal challenges, including a Supreme Court decision. In 2018, it was revealed that Cambridge Analytica accessed data from millions of users via a Facebook quiz app. Zuckerberg acknowledged the breach, stating the need for data protection and accountability, which led to significant financial repercussions for Facebook.
In 2018, revelations that data from tens of millions of Facebook users was accessed by Cambridge Analytica emerged, as a part of a scandal that included a Canadian whistleblower.
Zuckerberg admitted it was a "major breach of trust" on Facebook's part, stating, "We have a responsibility to protect your data, and if we can't then we don't deserve to serve you."
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