Anyone in the US who has had a Facebook account at any time since May 24, 2007 can claim their share of the $725 million privacy settlement that Meta's parent company has agreed to pay.
Meta settled a lawsuit alleging that the world's largest social media platform allowed millions of users' personal data to be released to Cambridge Analytica, the company that supported Donald Trump's 2016 presidential campaign.
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It's not yet clear how much individual users will receive. The more people who submit valid claims, the less each payment will be because the money will have to be split between them.
To apply for a settlement, users can complete and submit an application online or print and mail it.
The incident follows revelations that Cambridge Analytica, which has ties to Trump political strategist Steve Bannon, paid Facebook software developers to access the personal data of around 87 million users of the platform. This information was then used to target US voters during the 2016 campaign, which culminated in the election of Trump as the 45th president.
The outcry over the revelation led to Zuckerberg being hounded by US lawmakers and calls to hack people's Facebook accounts.
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Facebook's growth has stalled as more people connect and enjoy rival services like TikTok, but the social network still has more than 2 billion users worldwide, including about 250 million in the United States.
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