Meta Ordered to Pay $25 Billion to New Mexico for Misleading Consumers About Data Privacy

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Meta ordered to pay $25 billion to New Mexico for misleading consumers about data privacy.
Jury found Facebook made false or misleading statements about user control of data and sharing with advertisers.
The verdict is considered one of the largest state verdicts against a company in American history.
The case is linked to the Cambridge Analytica scandal involving harvested user data for targeted ads.
Meta's leadership, including Mark Zuckerberg and Sheryl Sandberg, were implicated in the misrepresentations.
New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez stated the judgment sends an unambiguous message to Silicon Valley.
Meta plans to appeal, with the company's Chief Legal Officer C.J. Mahoney confident of prevailing.
Fines for consumer protection violations in New Mexico are allocated to state education spending.
Meta argued that the award violates due process and is unconstitutional.
This is separate from a $5 billion FTC fine Facebook received in 2019 for its role in the Cambridge Analytica data collection.

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