Facebook will soon begin issuing payments to millions of users as part of a $725 million settlement over claims that the social media platform misused user data.

The settlement stems from several lawsuits brought on behalf of Facebook users that alleged the company made user data accessible to third-parties without their permission.

The litigation was brought in the aftermath of the Cambridge Analytica scandal , in which the since-shuttered marketing firm was accused of obtaining information on Facebook users to target voters in the 2016 presidential election.

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