Jury had found Meta misled consumers after Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign obtained user data without consent A judge in New Mexico ordered Meta Platforms to pay $25bn on Wednesday after a jury found the company had misled consumers in a case arising from allegations that a political consulting firm involved in Donald Trump ’s 2016 presidential campaign obtained data from millions of Facebook users without their consent. “Facebook’s wrongdoing – over the course of years and systematically broadcast to the public – goes to the heart of Facebook’s core business practices,” Judge Francis Mathew wrote in his order following the verdict. Continue reading...
Meta ordered to pay $25bn to New Mexico in Cambridge Analytica data-privacy case
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- Meta Ordered to Pay $25 Billion in New Mexico Data Privacy Case
- Meta ordered to pay $25 billion in penalties over the Cambridge Analytica scandal
- Meta ordered to pay $25 billion in case related to Cambridge Analytica scandal
- Meta ordered to pay $25 billion penalty in New Mexico Cambridge Analytica case
- Judge orders Meta to pay $25bn in fines for Facebook privacy violations
- Meta fined $25bn for 'lies' over user data privacy
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