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Meta Ordered To Pay New Mexico $25B In Facebook Privacy Case
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Key Points:
- A New Mexico judge has ordered Meta (Facebook) to pay $25 billion in civil penalties for deceiving users about privacy, marking the largest penalty against the tech giant to date.
- The ruling follows a civil case where Meta was found liable for over 43 million violations of New Mexico consumer protection laws related to misleading users about data access.
- The case stems from the Cambridge Analytica scandal, where Facebook data was used to target political ads during the 2016 election, violating user privacy promises.
- State Attorney General Raúl Torrez called the judgment a clear warning to Silicon Valley, while Meta’s chief legal officer criticized the ruling as a threat to free speech and announced plans to appeal.
- Previously, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission imposed a $5 billion penalty on Meta in 2019 over the same scandal.
