Facebook offers $20m to settle lawsuit

Facebook has agreed a settlement worth $20 million in a class action lawsuit after it was accused of using the names, profile pictures and photographs of users without permission.

As part of the settlement, the social networking site distributed an e-mail notice to users in the United States from its “legalnotice@facebookmail.com” address over the weekend in a move to avoid having to take the case to court.

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