The Guardian
New Mexico judge orders Meta to pay $25bn in privacy case
A New Mexico judge ordered Meta Platforms to pay the state $25bn after a jury found it had misled consumers. The Cambridge Analytica case concerns allegations that a political consulting firm involved in Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign obtained data from millions of Facebook users without their consent.
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What to know
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The $25bn payment order followed a jury finding that Meta had misled consumers.
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The allegations involve millions of Facebook users’ data and a political consulting firm involved in Donald Trump’s campaign.
Why it matters
The case concerns both Facebook user-data privacy and the jury’s finding that consumers were misled.
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