The Cambridge Analytica Airdrop For US-based Facebook Users!
Facebook owes us money!
Every US resident who used Facebook in the past 16 years is now eligible for a share of a whopping $725 million settlement case of a class action suit of the infamous Cambridge Analytica case.
Facebook will pay $725 million to settle a lawsuit against the platform’s improper data mining practices and the sale of users’ information to other private companies that deceived Facebook users by “collecting personal data for profiling and targeting”.
The deadline is this August, so there’s enough time to study the case and find out how to fill out the application.
The website created for the settlement contains all the information for interested individuals and the submission form for the claim.
How To Submit A Claim
From the settlement website.
This case affects anyone having lived in the US for the past 16 years.
Here’s what you need to know about claiming your part of the settlement.
Eligibility Requirements:
- Live in the US between May 24, 2007, and December 22, 2022
- Used Facebook during the same timeframe
- You have until August 25th, 2023, to submit a claim at the settlement website.
- The court that reviews the case will decide on September 7th.
“The Court in charge of this case still has to decide whether to approve the Settlement.”
Several credible news media have confirmed the legitimacy of the settlement website (Yahoo News, NY Times).
File the Claim here: facebookuserprivacysettlement.com
While more than two hundred million Americans have a Facebook account, probably no more than a few million will apply.
The settlement website gives a wide selection of payment options (PayPal, Venmo, wire transfer options, and Mastercard).
Options:
- Submit A Claim
- Opt-Out Of The Settlement
- Object and Attend a Hearing
- Do Nothing
The settlement includes the option to opt-out and continue to sue Facebook, but that would require a different lawsuit to
Facebook has already agreed to pay another $550 million to settle an Illinois lawsuit with 1,3 million claimants who will share approximately $470 each (source).
In Conclusion
Weighing the pros and cons, Facebook throughout its history demonstrates a negative impact on the internet due to its failure to protect the users of its platform.
The network that onboarded to the internet a billion people, neglected their privacy and safety, exploiting them by monitoring and trading private information.
Within a few years after the launch of Facebook, these methods become the new rule on the internet, transforming it into a dystopian surveillance network.
Facebook members can file their claims to receive a part of the $725 million settlement agreement. However, all Facebook users should also consider if they agree with such methods and if they plan to protect their online privacy earnestly.
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I know @brianoflondon is working on another lawsuit involving the censorship of crypto ads while they were working on their own; Libra. Maybe there's more of these kinds of "airdrops" on the horizon. ^^
That's great to know! Facebook is constantly abusing its market position and influence. I followed Brian and hope for good news!
If the same article exist on Medium, don't you think it will be downvoted by Hivewatchers for plagiarism?
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It's his content.
Thanks for the support.
There's also a paywall at Medium and a different audience. I will make changes soon, though.
I plan to shift to Hive as my main platform (instead of Medium), publish some articles exclusively here, and republish a few over there. Perhaps 50-50, or something like that.
Medium has an import function to notify Google bots of the original source. So in case an article gets picked by Google's SEO, it will bring the Hive links to the top.
If you wanna take a minute, you could link your twitter to your Hive account on hiveposh.com and get the Twitter logo and link next to your username on hive.blog and @peakd. Would help with cases like the one below where people may not be sure if this is your content or someone stealing it pretending to be you.
Sure. I'll do it right now.
Hey, I'm sorry I had to remove the app from Twitter as I didn't agree with the terms of access. Still, thanks a lot for the offer.
Np, it's minimal access as our dev has pointed out many times to prevent any security breaches, etc, but it's your choice.
Hey, which aspect did you not like? I'm the dev and only use the permissions required to verify that you have ownership of the account, nothing else.
That means people can also share their blog content on Hive?
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Can you explain your reasoning here? This is my work. It doesn't belong to Medium. I believe I am free to republish anywhere else, and I mention it specifically in the articles so nobody is confused.
Clearly not plagiarism (which I despise and fight against).
I am not reasoning.
Just asking if I wanted to share posts from my blogs out here on Hive. Wouldn't the bot be reporting that post as plagiarized?
Unless you publish for a company or under a contract that specifically hands over the rights to someone else, the moment you broadcast anything you created on the internet, it belongs to you.
It can be a photograph you took, a poem, a video, a story, or a drawing.
If you can prove this is your work, you won't have a problem. To avoid confusion, I provide all the links to the platforms I use and own at the end of each article.
I do that on all the platforms, so anyone can verify I am the same person. This is the only way to erase suspicions.
In your case, you should specifically mention (in your blog and on Hive) your links, so people can verify this is your work. The bot probably contains code that excludes these articles.
Plagiarism is a plague, and I support the efforts made by Hivewatchers and any individual to eradicate it.
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I am still confused how the plagiarism bot on Hive works.
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If you mean how they detected your plagiarism, I won't be telling you that. Clearly, I have no idea how any bot works as I'm not a developer, so I don't understand why you ask me this question.
Nonetheless, I can figure out who plagiarises and who doesn't.
And I can confirm that Hivewatchers are correct in your case. They've even given you links to the source you used.
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