Some Bay Area Facebook users are spotting fresh notices in their inboxes telling them a second settlement payment from the $725 million user-privacy lawsuit against Meta could be on the way. A judge has signed off on another round of distributions, and the settlement administrator says those payments will go out in June. If you filed a claim and already cashed your first payment, you might be in line for a repeat check.
Judge approved second distribution
On May 6, the court issued an order approving a second distribution that administrators expect to start in June and continue for about four weeks. According to the settlement website, the first wave of payments began in September 2025, and the administrator is again sending money in batches. The site also notes that approved claimants will receive an email roughly three to four days before their additional payment is issued.
Who is eligible for the extra check
This second round is funded by money left over from the first distribution, typically from returned or uncashed checks. Those leftover dollars are usually redistributed to people who already received and negotiated their payments. As reported by NBC Chicago, the settlement paperwork directs these remaining funds back to claimants who cashed earlier payments. Past court-approved distribution plans in similar cases show the same playbook in action, with uncashed funds pooled for a follow-up payout, per Justia.
What the payments look like
During the first distribution, individual payments ranged from just a few dollars to roughly $38, with average checks landing near $29. The settlement divides the pot using a points system based on how many months your Facebook account was active, so longtime users generally received more. Payments were delivered in the form claimants selected when they filed their claims: Venmo, PayPal, Zelle, direct deposit, or paper check, all rolling out in batches. For more background on amounts and timing from the initial round, see Kiplinger.
How to spot scams and what to do
The settlement website carries a fraud alert and stresses that administrators will not ask for payment or sensitive personal details over email, so treat any message demanding that kind of information as highly suspicious. Security reporting has flagged lookalike emails that try to lure people into clicking redeem or verify links, and experts recommend confirming that any notice comes from [email protected] before you click on anything, per FOX News. If you believe you qualified and should have been paid but do not see money within the stated window, contact the administrator using the details listed on the official settlement site.
Bottom line
If you receive an email saying an extra payment is on the way, you should also get a separate notice a few days before your deposit hits or your check shows up in the mail, and you should stay alert for scams pretending to be part of the process. This second distribution does not reopen the claims process; it simply redistributes leftover funds from the original settlement. Meta continues to deny the underlying allegations but agreed to the settlement to avoid the costs and risks of a trial, per Kiplinger. If you reach out to the administrator about your payment status, keep your claim ID handy.
