Mark Zuckerberg and current and former directors and officers of Meta Platforms agreed on Thursday to settle claims seeking $8 billion for the damage they allegedly caused the company by allowing repeated violations of Facebook users' privacy,

Shareholders accused Meta leaders of damaging the company by allowing repeat violations of Facebook users' privacy.

A lawyer for Meta Platforms Inc. investors says that his clients have reached a settlement with current and former directors at the company to end a multibillion dollar case in Delaware.