“When Mark Zuckerberg was sued in 2004, Harvard students Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, along with Divya Narendra, accused him of stealing their social networking idea, ConnectU, to create Facebook. They claimed Zuckerberg, whom they had hired to develop their platform, delayed work while secretly building his own. The lawsuit led to a 2008 settlement, awarding them $65 million in cash and Facebook stock. Despite later attempts to challenge the deal, the case remained closed. The Winklevoss twins
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“When Mark Zuckerberg was sued in 2004, Harvard students Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, along with Divya Narendra, accused him of stealing their social networking idea, ConnectU, to create Facebook. They claimed Zuckerberg, whom they had hired to develop their platform, delayed work while secretly building his own. The lawsuit led to a 2008 settlement, awarding them $65 million in cash and Facebook stock. Despite later attempts to challenge the deal, the case remained closed. The Winklevoss twins
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