Payouts in the $650 million Illinois Facebook class-action privacy settlement have been delayed after three users of the social media platform appealed a court decision approving $345 each for 1.6 million class members. âItâs going to be months,â said Paul Geller, a Florida-based attorney representing class members in the approved settlement. In February, a California federal judge issued final approval of the landmark settlement in a six-year-old case alleging the social media giantâs use of facial tagging features without consent was prohibited under Illinois privacy law. Initially filed in Cook County Circuit Court, the case was moved to Chicago federal court and then California federal court, where it attained class-action status.