A judge in New Mexico has ordered Meta to pay $25 billion in civil penalties for deceiving users about privacy on Facebook.
The ruling Wednesday by state District Court Judge Francis J. Mathew came in the state’s landmark Cambridge Analytica case against Facebook for violations of New Mexico’s Unfair Practices Act. It is the largest penalty against the tech giant to date.
The judge’s order followed a civil case in September in which jurors found Meta liable for over 43 million violations of New Mexico consumer protection laws. The company was accused of lying to Facebook users in
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