Meta Platforms has been ordered to pay $25 billion after a New Mexico jury found the company misled Facebook users over its handling of personal data and other practices in a case stemming from the Cambridge Analytica scandal.New Mexico Judge Francis Mathew issued the penalty Wednesday after jurors found last month that Meta made dozens of misleading statements to users."Facebook's wrongdoing — over the course of years and systematically broadcast to the public — goes to the heart of Facebook's core business practices," Mathew wrote in his order.The now-defunct Cambridge Analytica, which worke...
Meta ordered to pay $25B after jury finds it misled users on data privacy
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