Judge Orders Meta to Pay $25 Billion to New Mexico After Being Found Guilty of Deceiving Users

On Wednesday, a judge ordered Meta to pay $25 billion to the State of New Mexico after a jury found that the company was responsible for deceiving users about privacy policies and content moderation on Facebook. The ruling comes in a case linked to the Cambridge Analytica data leak and is described as one of the largest fines tied to social media platforms in the states.

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• The judge issued his order on Wednesday after the jury found Meta responsible for the deception.

  «A judge on Wednesday ordered Meta to pay New Mexico $25 billion after a jury found the company liable»

  The Boston Globe • ABC7 Los Angeles
• The alleged deception by Meta concerns privacy policies and content moderation on Facebook.

  «deceiving users about privacy and content moderation policies on Facebook»

  The Boston Globe • ABC7 Los Angeles
• Asharq Al-Awsat described the ruling as one of the largest fines tied to social media platforms in the states.

  «ويمثل الحكم أحد أكبر الغرامات المرتبطة بمنصات التواصل في الولايات.»

  الشرق الأوسط
• CBC reported that the jury found Meta misled consumers about data privacy.

  «after a jury found it misled consumers about data privacy»

  CBC

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