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Meta ordered to pay $25 billion
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- Penalty amount
- $25 billion
- Defendant
- Meta
- Court
- New Mexico State District Court
- Presiding judge
- Francis J. Mathew
- Company response
- Plans to appeal
The New York Times reports each of the 43 million violations carried a $5,000 penalty, the basis for the $25 billion total in New Mexico.
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Judge Francis J. Mathew's written order says Facebook promised users they controlled their data, and that this was false.
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Judge Francis Mathew's written order says Facebook's wrongdoing "goes to the heart of Facebook's core business practices."
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A New Mexico court found Meta violated the state's consumer protection laws more than 43 million times, Reuters reports.
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New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez says the $25 billion judgment is one of the largest state verdicts against a company in US history.
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A New Mexico state judge orders Meta to pay $25 billion after a jury found the company misled users on data privacy.