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Toronto Sun
5 days ago
- Business
- Toronto Sun
Settlement reached in investors' lawsuit against Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and other company leaders
Published Jul 17, 2025 • 2 minute read Former Meta board member and former White House Chief of Staff Jeffrey Zients, left, exits the Leonard L. Williams Justice Center after testifying in a shareholders' lawsuit against current and former Meta leaders on Wednesday, July 16, 2025, in Wilmington, Del. Photo by Mingson Lau / AP WILMINGTON, Del. — A settlement was announced Thursday in court in a class action investors' lawsuit against Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and current and former company leaders over claims stemming from the privacy scandal involving the Cambridge Analytica political consulting firm. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. THIS CONTENT IS RESERVED FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Unlimited online access to articles from across Canada with one account. Get exclusive access to the Toronto Sun ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition that you can share, download and comment on. Enjoy insights and behind-the-scenes analysis from our award-winning journalists. Support local journalists and the next generation of journalists. Daily puzzles including the New York Times Crossword. SUBSCRIBE TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLES Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Unlimited online access to articles from across Canada with one account. Get exclusive access to the Toronto Sun ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition that you can share, download and comment on. Enjoy insights and behind-the-scenes analysis from our award-winning journalists. Support local journalists and the next generation of journalists. Daily puzzles including the New York Times Crossword. REGISTER / SIGN IN TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLES Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account. Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments. Enjoy additional articles per month. Get email updates from your favourite authors. THIS ARTICLE IS FREE TO READ REGISTER TO UNLOCK. Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments Enjoy additional articles per month Get email updates from your favourite authors Don't have an account? Create Account The suit had sought billions of dollars in reimbursement for fines and legal costs. No details on the settlement were shared when it was announced in Delaware's Court of Chancery at the start of what would have been the second day of trial, at which point nothing related to the settlement had been filed with the court. The attorneys involved left court without commenting. A communications representative from Meta said the company had no comment. Investors had alleged in the lawsuit that Meta did not fully disclose the risks to Facebook users that their personal information would be misused by Cambridge Analytica, a firm that supported Donald Trump's successful Republican presidential campaign in 2016. Shareholders say Facebook officials repeatedly violated a 2012 consent order with the Federal Trade Commission under which Facebook agreed to stop collecting and sharing personal data without users' consent. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Facebook later sold user data to commercial partners in direct violation of the consent order and removed disclosures from privacy settings that were required under consent order, the lawsuit alleged. Facebook agreed to pay a $5.1 billion penalty to settle FTC charges in the fallout. The social media giant also faced significant fines in Europe and reached a $725 million privacy settlement with users. Shareholders wanted Zuckerberg and others to reimburse Meta an estimated $8 billion or more for the FTC fine and other legal costs. Zuckerberg and former Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg had been expected to testify. Other current and former board members, including billionaires Marc Andreessen and Peter Thiel, were also included as defendants. Earlier this year, Sandberg was sanctioned for deleting emails from her personal account related to the Cambridge Analytica investigation. Jeffrey Zients, who served as an outside director from 2018 to 2020, avoided sanctions in the same case because his role made it less likely he had access to relevant information. Testifying on the first day of this lawsuit, Zients said he had supported the FTC settlement for which shareholders were seeking reimbursement. — Associated Press reporter Barbara Ortutay in San Francisco contributed to this report. Toronto & GTA Toronto & GTA Tennis MMA World
Yahoo
23-06-2025
- Climate
- Yahoo
People enjoy summertime respite at Rehoboth Beach during heat advisory warning
Beachgoers cool off at Rehoboth Beach despite a heat advisory warning in Sussex County. Most of the northeastern quadrant of the country from Minnesota to Maine was under some type of heat advisory. (AP video by Mingson Lau)
Glasgow Times
23-05-2025
- General
- Glasgow Times
Thousands of chicks found abandoned in postal truck have been adopted
All the surviving birds, estimated as more than 5,000 chickens, plus some others like turkeys and quails, were primarily adopted by local families, rescues and farms, according to First State Animal Centre and SPCA. The chicks were part of a 12,000-bird shipment left unattended in a truck at a Delaware mail distribution centre. Thousands of birds had been abandoned (Mingson Lau/AP) Trapped in high temperatures without food or hydration, thousands died, according to the state Department of Agriculture. The US Postal Service has said it is investigating the 'process breakdown' that occurred. For more than two weeks, the surviving birds had been cared for at an overwhelmed First State Animal Centre and SPCA, said John Parana, executive director. The birds were lucky to survive (Mingson Lau/AP) As a no-kill operation, the shelter would not take adopters planning to use the birds for meat, Mr Parana said. Some of the adopters took hundreds at a time, hoping for egg-laying hens, while others took them as pets. Stephanie Bruzdzinski adopted a handful of chicks after her daughter learned about their situation. Local residents responded to calls to help the birds (Mingson Lau/AP) 'She was very upset and wanted to help out,' said Ms Bruzdzinski, who was similarly shocked when she heard the news. 'She doesn't like when things aren't getting taken care of.' The birds originated from Pennsylvania-based Freedom Ranger Hatchery's weekly bird shipment to clients around the country, and due to biosecurity concerns, the hatchery cannot take the chicks back, a company spokesperson said.
Western Telegraph
23-05-2025
- General
- Western Telegraph
Thousands of chicks found abandoned in postal truck have been adopted
All the surviving birds, estimated as more than 5,000 chickens, plus some others like turkeys and quails, were primarily adopted by local families, rescues and farms, according to First State Animal Centre and SPCA. The chicks were part of a 12,000-bird shipment left unattended in a truck at a Delaware mail distribution centre. More Stories Thousands of birds had been abandoned (Mingson Lau/AP) Trapped in high temperatures without food or hydration, thousands died, according to the state Department of Agriculture. The US Postal Service has said it is investigating the 'process breakdown' that occurred. For more than two weeks, the surviving birds had been cared for at an overwhelmed First State Animal Centre and SPCA, said John Parana, executive director. The birds were lucky to survive (Mingson Lau/AP) As a no-kill operation, the shelter would not take adopters planning to use the birds for meat, Mr Parana said. Some of the adopters took hundreds at a time, hoping for egg-laying hens, while others took them as pets. Stephanie Bruzdzinski adopted a handful of chicks after her daughter learned about their situation. Local residents responded to calls to help the birds (Mingson Lau/AP) 'She was very upset and wanted to help out,' said Ms Bruzdzinski, who was similarly shocked when she heard the news. 'She doesn't like when things aren't getting taken care of.' The birds originated from Pennsylvania-based Freedom Ranger Hatchery's weekly bird shipment to clients around the country, and due to biosecurity concerns, the hatchery cannot take the chicks back, a company spokesperson said.
Irish Examiner
23-05-2025
- General
- Irish Examiner
Thousands of chicks found abandoned in postal truck have been adopted
Thousands of chicks found abandoned inside a US postal service truck for three days have gone to new homes, according to the Delaware shelter that had cared for them. All the surviving birds, estimated as more than 5,000 chickens, plus some others like turkeys and quails, were primarily adopted by local families, rescues and farms, according to First State Animal Centre and SPCA. The chicks were part of a 12,000-bird shipment left unattended in a truck at a Delaware mail distribution centre. Thousands of birds had been abandoned (Mingson Lau/AP) Trapped in high temperatures without food or hydration, thousands died, according to the state Department of Agriculture. The US Postal Service has said it is investigating the 'process breakdown' that occurred. For more than two weeks, the surviving birds had been cared for at an overwhelmed First State Animal Centre and SPCA, said John Parana, executive director. The birds were lucky to survive (Mingson Lau/AP) As a no-kill operation, the shelter would not take adopters planning to use the birds for meat, Mr Parana said. Some of the adopters took hundreds at a time, hoping for egg-laying hens, while others took them as pets. Stephanie Bruzdzinski adopted a handful of chicks after her daughter learned about their situation. Local residents responded to calls to help the birds (Mingson Lau/AP) 'She was very upset and wanted to help out,' said Ms Bruzdzinski, who was similarly shocked when she heard the news. 'She doesn't like when things aren't getting taken care of.' The birds originated from Pennsylvania-based Freedom Ranger Hatchery's weekly bird shipment to clients around the country, and due to biosecurity concerns, the hatchery cannot take the chicks back, a company spokesperson said.
