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Facebook makes $10m payment to settle lawsuit

Facebook is to pay $10m (£6m) to charity to settle a lawsuit over the way it used "social" ads.

Known as a "sponsored story", the ads popped up on a user's friends' pages after the user clicked to "like" a firm's advert.

The lawsuit was brought by five members of Facebook who said the ads violated Facebook members' rights to control the use of their activity on the site.

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