Meta ordered to pay $25 billion in New Mexico privacy case
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A judge in the US state of New Mexico ruled on October 21 that Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, must pay $25 billion to the state. The jury found that the company had misled consumers for more than 11 years about how their personal data was collected, used and shared. The court identified approximately 43.9 million willful violations, including false statements about data handling and responses to hate speech. The case stems from the 2018 scandal in which British political consulting firm Cambridge Analytica, which worked on Donald Trump's 2016 presidential campaign, obtained data from about 87 million Facebook users without their consent. According to BFMTV, the jury found that Facebook's actions affected all of the state's roughly 2.1 million residents. Meta has announced it will appeal, arguing the ruling threatens free expression on social media. The company also recently reported third-quarter earnings that included significant legal charges related to other litigation, which reduced operating income. ITmedia notes the penalty is among the largest in US history. Meta also announced plans to create a new class of non-voting shares, which La Tribune suggests may be linked to financing its artificial intelligence spending.
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CNBC (outlet profile)
Meta ordered to pay $25 billion penalty in New Mexico Cambridge Analytica case. Meta to pay $25 billion in penalties related to Cambridge Analytica scandal in New Mexico.
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Channel NewsAsia (outlet profile)
Meta ordered to pay $25 billion to New Mexico after jury finds company misled consumers about data privacy
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BFMTV (outlet profile)
Facebook coupable d'avoir trompé les habitants du Nouveau-Mexique dans l'affaire Cambridge Analytica: le groupe Meta écope d'une gigantesque amende de 25 milliards de dollars. Selon les jurés du Nouveau-Mexique, les agi…
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NRK (outlet profile)
Meta dømt til å betale 25 milliarder dollar. Meta må betale 25 millioner dollar i bot etter å ha villedet brukere om beskyttelse av personvern, har en domstol i New Mexico i USA bestemt. Dommen kom i slutten av septembe…
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The New York Times (outlet profile)
Meta Ordered to Pay $25 Billion for Deceiving Users on Privacy. The penalty, one of the largest levied against the tech giant, stemmed from a lawsuit by New Mexico claiming the social media company had misled users abou…
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Handelsblatt (outlet profile)
Alter Skandal, neues Urteil: Meta soll Milliarden wegen Cambridge Analytica zahlen
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New York Post (outlet profile)
Meta ordered to pay $25B to New Mexico in Cambridge Analytica scandal over user data in 2016 election. The state's attorney general had sued Meta in 2021 following revelations that Cambridge Analytica, a British politic…
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Sveriges Radio Ekot (outlet profile)
Meta ska böta 25 miljarder dollar i New Mexico. Meta, som äger Facebook och Instagram, ska betala 25 miljarder dollar i böter i New Mexico, efter att en jury slagit fast att bolaget vilselett konsumenter om integritet,…
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El País (outlet profile)
Multa histórica para Meta: deberá pagar 25.000 millones de dólares en Nuevo México. Un juez asegura que Facebook engañó a los usuarios con sus políticas de privacidad en hasta 43 millones de ocasiones
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Handelsblatt (outlet profile)
Datenschutz: US-Richter verurteilt Facebook-Mutter Meta zu 25 Milliarden Dollar Strafe. Ein Gericht in New Mexico verurteilt Meta zu 25 Milliarden Dollar Strafe. Der Konzern soll Nutzer über den Umgang mit ihren persönl…
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The Independent (outlet profile)
Meta forced to pay $25 billion penalty to New Mexico over Facebook privacy scandal. The breaches stemmed from the harvesting of Facebook user data by political consulting firm Cambridge Analytica to generate targeted po…
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ABC News (outlet profile)
Meta ordered to pay $25 billion for deceiving users about privacy on Facebook. A judge has ordered Meta to pay New Mexico $25 billion after a jury found the company liable for deceiving users about privacy and content m…
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elDiario.es (outlet profile)
Meta, condenada a pagar 25.000 millones de dólares por engañar a los usuarios de Facebook en materia de privacidad. La sanción, una de las mayores impuestas al gigante tecnológico, se deriva de una demanda presentada po…
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DR Nyheder (outlet profile)
Meta får milliardbøde af New Mexico
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Wirtschaftswoche (outlet profile)
Facebook-Mutter: Meta soll im Cambridge-Analytica-Skandal 25 Milliarden Dollar zahlen. Historische Milliardenstrafe für Meta: Ein US-Gericht verurteilt den Facebook-Konzern wegen Cambridge Analytica zur Zahlung von 25 M…
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O Globo (outlet profile)
Meta é condenada a pagar US$ 25 bi por enganar usuários sobre privacidade no caso Cambridge Analytica. Um juiz do Novo México determinou, nesta quarta-feira, que a Meta pague US$ 25 bilhões por enganar os usuários sobre…
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Business Insider (outlet profile)
Meta ordered to pay $25 billion penalty over the Cambridge Analytica case. The $25 billion penalty could be the largest against Meta in the company's history.
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The Hill (outlet profile)
Judge orders Meta to pay New Mexico $25B in Cambridge Analytica case. A judge in New Mexico ordered the technology giant Meta to pay $25 billion after a jury found the company liable for misleading users about its priva…
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Olhar Digital (outlet profile)
Meta é condenada a pagar R$ 135 bilhões em caso ligado à Cambridge Analytica. Penalidade foi determinada por tribunal do Novo México após acusações de que a empresa enganou usuários sobre a coleta e a proteção de dados;…
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Valor Econômico (outlet profile)
Meta é condenada a pagar US$ 25 bi em processo relacionado à Cambridge Analytica. A Justiça do Estado americano do Novo México determinou nesta quarta-feira (21) que a Meta pague US$ 25 bilhões após um júri concluir que…
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Valor Economico (outlet profile)
Meta é condenada a pagar US$ 25 bi em processo relacionado à Cambridge Analytica. A Justiça do Estado americano do Novo México determinou nesta quarta-feira (21) que a Meta pague US$ 25 bilhões após um júri concluir que…
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El Mundo (outlet profile)
Meta, condenada a pagar una multa récord de 25.000 millones de dólares al estado de Nuevo México (EEUU) por engañar a los usuarios sobre la privacidad en Facebook. El origen del caso es la recopilación de datos de decen…
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CBS News (outlet profile)
Meta ordered to pay $25 billion to New Mexico in data privacy ruling. A jury found that the social media company had deceived consumers for years about its data privacy policies.
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Times of India (outlet profile)
Meta ordered to pay $25 billion in fine linked to 8-year-old data privacy scandal. A New Mexico state court has imposed a $25 billion penalty on Meta following a legal battle. Jurors found Meta liable for deceiving resi…
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La Nación (outlet profile)
Deberá pagar US$25.000 millones: condenan a Meta por engañar a consumidores sobre su privacidad. El caso derivó de las acusaciones contra la consultora política que obtuvo datos de millones de usuarios de Facebook duran…
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Fortune (outlet profile)
New Mexico took on Meta alone and won a $25 billion judgment over Facebook’s privacy violations. While 48 states settled, New Mexico pursued its own case over Facebook’s privacy practices. Meta plans to appeal the $25 b…
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Mint (outlet profile)
Meta Platforms ordered to pay $25 billion in New Mexico consumer data protection case. New Mexico accused Meta of misleading Facebook users about who could access their personal data, how the company dealt with hate spe…
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Variety (outlet profile)
Meta Ordered to Pay $25 Billion in New Mexico Data Privacy Case. A New Mexico state judge on Wednesday ordered Meta to pay $25 billion after a jury found the company liable last month for deceiving users about Facebook‘…
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G1 (outlet profile)
Meta é condenada a pagar US$ 25 bilhões por enganar consumidores sobre privacidade de dados. Logo da Meta. Daniel Cole/Reuters Um juiz do Novo México ordenou nesta quarta-feira (21) que a Meta pague US$ 25 bilhões (R$ 1…
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La Tercera (outlet profile)
Meta deberá pagar US$25 mil millones por engañar a usuarios de Facebook sobre privacidad y uso de datos. Un tribunal de Nuevo México impuso una de las mayores sanciones económicas contra la matriz de Facebook e Instagra…
Factual core
- A court in the US state of New Mexico ordered Meta to pay a $25 billion fine.
- A jury found that Meta deceived users about data privacy.
- The case is related to the Cambridge Analytica scandal.
- The $25 billion penalty is the largest ever imposed on Meta.
- The fine of 25 billion dollars is described as gigantic.
- On September 25, jurors concluded that 26 of 29 statements made by Meta and its executives about these topics were misleading.
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