I honestly have no idea how is this any news when people know that to be the case for 15+ years now. All those "how do Facebook shows me exactly what I was talking/chatting/searching about a moment ago without using Facebook"? Well THAT is how.
And yet again, no one will be held accountable or go to jail over these types of actions.
Just another class-action lawsuit where the victims get $20 while the class-action lawyers make millions. Companies will never change until the people running them are personally held accountable criminally for systemic or blatant illegal activity under their leadership.
Facebook is accused by IMDEA Networks Institute of collecting information on users and using it for various purposes, even when the application is not in use.