Summary
A judge in New Mexico ordered Meta to pay $25 billion to the state after a jury found the company lied to users about its data privacy. The case involved a data breach where personal information from about 87 million Facebook profiles was improperly collected and sold to a political consulting firm.Key Facts
- Meta was ordered to pay $25 billion to New Mexico for misleading consumers about data privacy.
- The ruling came from Judge Francis Mathew.
- The case involved a data breach linked to a third-party quiz that collected Facebook user data.
- About 87 million Facebook profiles were affected by this breach.
- The data was sold to Cambridge Analytica, a political consulting company.
- New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez called the verdict one of the largest against a company in U.S. history.
- The judge said the company had a plan to mislead the public about data privacy issues.
- Meta has not yet publicly responded to the ruling.
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