Jessica Guynn reports:
After reviewing objections, a San Jose federal judge has approved a $9.5-million settlement of a class-action lawsuit over social networking site Facebook’s program Beacon that published what users were buying.
Facebook denied any wrongdoing but agreed to end the Beacon program last November.
Read more on the L. A. Times. David Kravets of Threat Level has more on the story.
Update: The ruling is now online via Courthouse News (pdf)