Meta ordered to pay $25 billion penalty in New Mexico Cambridge Analytica case
The ruling follows a jury finding that Meta committed more than 43 million violations tied to Facebook data privacy and content moderation practices.
- On Wednesday, Judge Francis Mathew ordered Meta to pay $25 billion in penalties after a jury found the company misled users about privacy and content moderation policies on Facebook.
- New Mexico was the only state to pursue a trial regarding the 2018 Cambridge Analytica scandal after 48 other states accepted an $18 billion settlement in August.
- Jurors concluded Meta committed over 43 million violations, prompting New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez to seek up to $40 billion; defense attorneys argued any penalty exceeding $3.4 billion would be unconstitutional.
- Meta plans to appeal the verdict, arguing the penalty is "shocking to the conscience," while Torrez announced the awarded funds will support the state's education system.
- Beyond the financial penalty, the state is seeking an injunction to stop Meta from continuing the practices that led to the jury's finding of liability in the privacy case.
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Eight years after the scandal about the misuse of user data, Facebook company Meta in New Mexico has been sentenced to a billion penalty. The case should be a warning to other tech companies, the Attorney General said.
Judge Orders Meta to Pay $25 Billion in Data Privacy Case
A New Mexico judge has ruled that Meta owes $25 billion in penlties after being found liable of allowing a third party to harvest user data and misleading users about how their data was taken and what it was being used for. The judgement follows the Cambridge Analytica case from the 2010s, in which a […]
Meta has already been sentenced in this state to pay $942 million in a juvenile protection trial.
They are allegedly misleading users, and the matter is related to the Cambridge Analytica scandal.
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A New Mexico judge on Wednesday sentenced Meta to pay US$25 billion for cheating on the people of this US state.
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