Policy · Updated 25 Oct, 10:02 am IST
New Mexico judge orders Meta to pay $25 billion for privacy abuses
Why it matters for readers: This shows that courts are actively holding big tech accountable for how they collect and use people’s data.
- A judge in Santa Fe, New Mexico, ordered Meta to pay a record $25 billion for abusing consumer privacy.1
- The ruling concluded Facebook’s misrepresentations about users’ control of their data were a systematic pattern at the core of its business model.1
- The decision referenced that user data was harvested by the political consulting firm Cambridge Analytica.1
- This ruling is described as part of a broader trend of courts imposing financial penalties and changes on major internet companies.1
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