Meta ordered to pay $25 billion penalty in New Mexico Cambridge Analytica case
Jurors found more than 43 million consumer protection violations, and the penalty will fund state education unless Meta wins an appeal.
- 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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Hawaii Tribune-Herald
Meta ordered to pay $25 billion for deceiving users on privacy
SAN FRANCISCO — A New Mexico judge on Wednesday ordered Meta to pay $25 billion for deceiving users about its data privacy practices, one of the largest penalties levied against a tech giant.
Meta ordered to pay $25bn in fine for 'lies' over user data privacy
WASHINGTON — A judge in New Mexico on Wednesday ordered Meta Platforms to pay $25bn after a jury found earlier this year that the company behind Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp had spent years lying to the public about how it handled user data.New Mexico's lawsuit stemmed from the role of Meta, then still doing business as Facebook, in what became known as the Cambridge Analytica scandal.That firm utilized data and information from millions of …
A New Mexico court ordered Meta to pay $25 billion for misleading users about data privacy.
In the US, Facebook's parent company Meta has been sentenced to a payment of 25 billion dollars.
Meta has been ordered by a US judge to pay 25 billion dollars for misleading Facebook users about their data protection. The case...
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