Meta ordered to pay New Mexico $25 billion after jury finds it deceived Facebook users about privacy

Oct 21, 2026

Jurors in September found Meta liable for over 43 million violations of New Mexico consumer protection laws when a political consulting firm, Cambridge Analytica, harvested Facebook user data to generate targeted political ads for the 2016 election.

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