Judge orders Meta to pay New Mexico $25B in Cambridge Analytica case
Also reported by Guardian US, CBS News
Summary
A New Mexico judge ordered Meta to pay $25 billion after a jury decided the company misled users about its privacy and content rules. The decision comes from a case involving Meta’s handling of user data related to the Cambridge Analytica scandal.Key Facts
- The judge ordered Meta to pay $25 billion in damages.
- The case was filed in New Mexico.
- A jury found Meta responsible for misleading users on privacy and content policies.
- The case is connected to the Cambridge Analytica data scandal.
- New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez announced the order.
- The lawsuit claims Meta violated user trust by not protecting their data properly.
- This is one of the largest state-level penalties against a tech company for privacy issues.
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