importantSYS.SOURCE: The Hacker News• 2026-10-22T21:42:31+05:30

Meta Ordered to Pay $25 Billion in Data Privacy Penalties Over 43 Million Violations

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A New Mexico court ordered Meta to pay $25 billion in penalties for 43 million privacy violations linked to the 2018 Cambridge Analytica data scandal. The ruling highlights significant legal consequences for data misuse and underscores growing scrutiny of tech giants' data practices.

Social media giant Meta was ordered to pay 25 billion in penalties by a New Mexico court on Wednesday as part of a data privacy lawsuit that sprang from the company's Cambridge Analytica data scandal, which came to light in 2018.

According to multiple reports from the Associated Press, the New York Times, Reuters, and the Wall Street Journal, state District Court Judge Francis J. Mathew called

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