Meta ordered to pay $25 billion in case related to Cambridge Analytica scandal
A judge has ordered Meta to pay $25 billion to New Mexico following a trial regarding the company's data privacy practices and the Cambridge Analytica scandal. Meta has announced its intention to appeal the ruling.
Why it matters
This massive penalty sets a major legal precedent for how states can hold tech giants accountable for consumer protection violations and data privacy failures.
The tail of the Cambridge Analytica data scandal is long — and it keeps costing Meta gargantuan sums of money.
On Wednesday, a judge ordered the social media giant to initiate its biggest payout yet: $25 billion to the state of New Mexico for the tech giant’s role in deceiving resident users over its data privacy practices, The New York Times reports .
The huge sum follows a two-week trial in which a New Mexico jury deliberated over the company’s alleged wrongdoing. The jury found that the company behind Facebook and Instagram had committed 43 million violations of the state’s consumer protection laws, each of which carried a $5,000 penalty, the outlet notes.
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