Google.com proposing settlement figure of $8.5m over Buzz lawsuit Monday, September 06, 2010, 10:01:40 AM Buzz, which registered all Gmail users into a social network based around their contacts, was widely criticised when it was first launched by Google in February. The reason for the criticism was because users had very little control over who could see their network of contacts. And because of this, some Gmail users took Google to court saying that the Buzz network violated personal privacy