Meta ordered to pay $25 billion in Facebook privacy penalties
A New Mexico judge ordered Meta to pay $25 billion in penalties after a jury found it misled Facebook users about their data privacy, marking the company's biggest legal hit this year.
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What happened
A New Mexico judge ordered Meta to pay $25 billion in penalties for misleading Facebook users about data privacy. 12345 A jury found the company violated New Mexico's unfair practices law more than 43 million times. 3 The case stems from the Cambridge Analytica scandal involving unauthorized data access during Trump's 2016 presidential campaign. 1245
Why it matters
The ruling marks the biggest legal hit Meta has faced this year. 3 The penalties come nearly a decade after the Cambridge Analytica scandal first broke. 1 The judgment signals that Big Tech can face significant financial consequences for misleading users about privacy. 1
Sources · 5
[1]Meta hit with $25 billion penalty for misleading Facebook users
Axios Business
[2]Meta deberá pagar US$25 mil millones por engañar a usuarios de Facebook sobre privacidad y uso de datos
La Tercera
[3]Deberá pagar US$25.000 millones: condenan a Meta por engañar a consumidores sobre su privacidad
La Nación (Argentina)
[4]Meta ordered to pay $25 billion in penalties over the Cambridge Analytica scandal
The Verge
[5]Condenan a Meta a pagar 25.000 millones de dólares a Nuevo México por engañar a los usuarios sobre la privacidad en Facebook
La Tercera
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