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Company: Facebook Inc.
Current Parent Company: Meta Platforms Inc.
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Penalty: $40,000,000
Year: 2020
Date: June 26, 2020
Offense Group: consumer-protection-related offenses
Primary Offense: consumer protection violation
Violation Description: Facebook agreed to pay $40 million to settle litigation alleging it misled advertisers about how much time users watch online videos.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: private litigation
Court: Northern District of California
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Case ID: 4:16cv6232
Case Name: Tyler Barnett PR, LLC et al v. Facebook Inc.
Private Lawsuit Resolution Type: settlement
HQ Country of Current Parent: USA
HQ State of Current Parent: California
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: information technology
Specific Industry of Current Parent: internet services
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