New Mexico jury finds Facebook liable for deceiving users in Cambridge Analytica scandal
Jury finds Facebook liable for deceiving users in Cambridge Analytica case
A New Mexico jury found Facebook liable for deceiving users about privacy protections tied to the Cambridge Analytica breach, which harvested data from roughly 87 million profiles. The two-week trial in Santa Fe ended with jurors siding with the state, finding the company liable for over 2 million violations affecting New Mexico's entire population. The judge will decide the penalty, with the state seeking up to $5,000 per violation. Meta says it disagrees and will keep defending its record.
For years, Facebook operated as if the rules that apply to everyone else didn't apply to them. Today, a jury of New Mexicans said otherwise.