Meta ordered to pay $25B penalty in New Mexico Cambridge Analytica case

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Brendan McDermid | ReutersMeta was ordered to pay $25 billion in penalties by a New Mexico court on Wednesday as part of a data privacy case that stemmed from the company's Cambridge Analytica scandal from nearly a decade ago. Former New Mexico Attorney General Hector Balderas originally filed the state's Cambridge Analytica-related lawsuit in 2021, while current AG Torrez oversaw the related trial. Torrez also led his state's child safety-related trial against Meta that resulted in a March jury ruling that the social media company should pay $375 million for violating the state's unfair practices act.

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