A New Mexico judge ordered Meta to pay $25bn for deceiving Facebook users about privacy, the largest penalty against the tech giant to date.
01Summary
- 01State District Court Judge Francis J. Mathew issued the ruling on Wednesday in New Mexico's Cambridge Analytica case.
- 02Jurors in September found Meta liable for over 43 million violations of New Mexico's consumer protection laws.
- 03The case stemmed from accusations that Facebook lied to users about who had access to their data, used by Cambridge Analytica for targeted political ads in 2016.
- 04Meta's chief legal officer said the company would appeal, arguing the ruling makes it impossible to do business in the state.
- 05The US Federal Trade Commission previously fined Meta $5bn in 2019 for the same scandal.
02Why it matters
This ruling sets a record penalty for privacy violations, signalling a tougher stance by US states against tech companies and potentially influencing future data protection enforcement.
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