After a jury found Meta misled Facebook users about data privacy in connection with the Cambridge Analytica scandal, New Mexico's attorneys asked Judge Francis Mathew to impose penalties of $35 billion to $40 billion. The request follows a September 25 verdict in Santa Fe; Meta's lawyers argued the state's proposed sum is unconstitutional and urged a cap of $3.45 billion instead.
yro.slashdot.org
· 2026-10-03
A jury in New Mexico ruled that Meta violated the state's Unfair Practices Act, finding 26 of 29 examined statements about user data protections were misleading, amounting to more than 43 million violations based on affected users. The case, brought by the state attorney general in 2021, also concerned Meta's response to the 2013 Cambridge Analytica scandal, in which data from tens of millions of Facebook users was harvested via a personality-quiz app and used for targeted political ads in 2016.
tech.slashdot.org
· 2026-09-26
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