eli5 Where did money collected from Facebook fines go?

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Hey, I’m middle European guy and I watched the Facebook trial few years ago. They lost also because they sold user data illegally and was fined accordingly. That’s cool, right. But those data were also of european citizens, some of that, also mine probably, but I didn’t get any money from Facebook and also nobody I asked get any soo.. we are victims but and the Facebook was convicted of the crime and had to pay a fine to.. someone else? To who?

Thanks for explanation

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Think of it that way. When you don’t pay the bus fare, you get a fine. 

Does that money go to every other passenger in the bus, who where inconvenienced by your presence? Or to the government? 

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