Meta on the spot for $25 billion under New Mexico privacy ruling

Meta has been fined $25 billion by a New Mexico court for 43 million violations of the state's unfair practices law tied to the Cambridge Analytica scandal involving the misuse of Facebook users' data. The ruling highlights Meta's deliberate misleading of consumers about data privacy and its failure to adequately investigate and enforce data protections.

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