New Mexico Wants Meta To Pay $40 Billion In Penalties For Cambridge Analytica Scandal
The state’s attorney says the penalties should be significant enough to impact the company.
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If the state of New Mexico has its way, Meta will have to pay up to $40 billion in penalties after a jury sided with the government in its lawsuit over the Cambridge Analytica scandal. According to Reuters, state authorities have asked a judge to order the company to pay between $35 billion and $40 billion. If you'll recall, New Mexico filed the lawsuit against Meta in 2021, accusing it of misleading its users about its data privacy practices. Cambridge Analytica, a British political data firm, harvested information from over 50 million Facebook profiles without consent for political ad campaigns.
In late September, a New Mexico jury sided with the state. Jurors ruled that Meta had violatedNew Mexico's Unfair Practices Act and had misled residents about their privacy, as well as...
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