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Facebook has agreed to pay a $4.75 million penalty and up to $9.5 million to eligible victims to settle a lawsuit from the Department of Justice that accused the social media giant of discriminating against US workers in favor of immigrant workers with temporary work visas for high-paying jobs.

The department’s civil rights division alleged that Facebook “routinely refused” to recruit, consider or hire US workers. As part of the settlement, Facebook has also agreed to train employees on anti-discrimination rules and to “conduct more…