Meta ordered to pay $25 billion to New Mexico after jury finds company misled consumers about data privacy
Source: The Star
Published on: 2026-10-21 23:19
Oct 21 (Reuters) - A judge in New Mexico ordered Meta Platforms to pay $25 billion on Wednesday after a jury found the company had misled consumers in a case arising from allegations that a political consulting firm involved in Donald Trump's 2016 presidential campaign obtained data from millions of Facebook users without their consent. "Facebook's wrongdoing -- over the course of years and systematically broadcast to the public -- goes to the heart of Facebook's core business practices," Judge Francis Mathew wrote in his order following the verdict. Mathew found that a penalty of more than $219 billion was warranted, based on state law, but he reduced the figure to $25 billion. A spokesperson for Meta did not immediately respond to a request for comment. The state's attorney general had sued Meta in 2021 following revelations that Cambridge Analytica, a British political consult...
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