A U.S. judge approved a deal, Facebook will pay $ 20 million to use "like" as endorsements.
Pot of money is a lawyer, Internet privacy rights organizations, and who claims to collective action divided between Facebook users.
U.S. District Court Judge Richard Seeborg last Monday on the grounds that, is seeking billions of dollars in the case of a small part of the sum of the fair economic damage or signal "like" products, does not mean that some the challenge proved forms of Facebook members agreed.
Facebook's Sponsored Stories scheme member's name or likeness endorsement ads without their permission, according to the legal filing.
Seeborg estimated 150 million people in the suit as representatives of the class size, but that so few people make a claim, there is enough money in the settlement fund.
"As an overall solution to provide a fair, reasonable, and adequate relief category, in all cases, including low-probability, through constant litigation, will generally get better results," the judge wrote in favor of the ruling transactions .
The settlement requires Facebook to amend its rules to the members greater control over when it comes to how their information is being used for sponsors of the story.
"Sponsored stories, Facebook perspective, really nothing more than take the information the user has voluntarily disclose their" friends ", and sometimes the same people show it again, columns, also includes more traditional pay for advertising." the judge wrote that while the details of his decision.
"The plaintiff faces a heavy burden in the story of their injuries sponsor."
Therefore, some of Facebook members have claims that these negotiations a settlement offer to pay $ 15 to each person, there is enough cash left over attorneys' fees and routing Internet privacy groups of funds, according to the ruling.
The original settlement judge refused to recommend the same pool of money, but it is not assigned to Facebook members.
The lawsuit was filed in early 2011, Facebook launched after its sponsor story advertising program.
 



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