A judge has approved a second distribution of cash from the $725 million class-action settlement over Facebook’s handling of user data, and the supplemental bonus payment is scheduled to begin on June 9, 2026 and run for about four weeks.
The distribution covers Facebook users who filed a claim form by the Aug. 25, 2023 deadline. The first round of payments began in September 2025; roughly 19 million people received checks that averaged about $30. The upcoming supplemental payment is expected to be much smaller — roughly between $5 and $7 per eligible claimant — and those who received a first check do not need to take any action to get the second one.
Claimants will receive an email a few days before their supplemental payment is sent, the settlement administrator has said. The court signed off on the second distribution on May 6, 2026, after appeals tied to the case were resolved in May 2025 and the original dispute was settled in 2023.
The underlying lawsuit alleged that Facebook shared users’ private content with thousands of third parties from May 24, 2007 through Dec. 22, 2022. The suit was resolved in 2023; the settlement set aside $725 million to compensate eligible users and to cover administrative and legal costs. Of the settlement fund, $169 million was paid in legal and administrative fees.
Meta, Facebook’s parent company, has denied any wrongdoing throughout the litigation, a position it maintained even as the settlement was finalized and payments were distributed to millions of users. That denial remains part of the record even though the court-approved payouts are going forward.
The practical impact for most people is modest: the first round delivered one-time payments averaging about $30 to the nearly 19 million claimants who collected, and the court-approved supplemental bonus payment will add a few dollars more. The second distribution is expected to stretch over about four weeks beginning June 9, 2026, giving the administrator time to notify recipients and process supplemental checks or electronic transfers.
Eligibility for both rounds is strictly limited to those who submitted a claim form by the Aug. 25, 2023 deadline; users who missed that window are not part of the distribution. If you filed in time and received the earlier payment, you should expect the extra disbursement without further paperwork. The settlement administrator also points claimants to the official site, FacebookUserPrivacySettlement.com, for status updates and FAQs.
One notable gap remains: the settlement materials and court approval do not explain how the second payment will be calculated on an individual basis. The $5–$7 estimate is the expected range for the supplemental payout overall, but the formula that determines the exact amount a given claimant will receive was not detailed in the approval and has not been publicly disclosed.
The unresolved calculation method matters because it shapes what each eligible user will actually get and whether additional distributions are possible. With the second distribution set to begin June 9, 2026, recipients will soon see the supplemental bonus payment hit their accounts or mailboxes; the most consequential unanswered question now is how the administrator arrived at each individual amount and whether further accounting of the settlement pool will prompt more disbursements.
