Meta hit with $25 billion penalty in New Mexico over Cambridge Analytica

Meta ordered to pay $25B penalty in New Mexico Cambridge Analytica case

A Santa Fe jury found Meta liable for misleading New Mexicans about how it collects and safeguards user data, tallying more than 43 million violations of the state's unfair practices act at up to $5,000 each. The state sought $219.5 billion, but a judge cut the award to $25 billion. New Mexico sat out Meta's roughly $17 billion multistate settlement, so its Cambridge Analytica case went to trial alone. Meta plans to appeal.