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New Mexico Jury Orders Meta to Pay $25 Billion for Data Privacy Deception
A New Mexico judge awarded the state $25 billion after a jury found Meta misled users about a massive data breach.
The verdict stems from claims that Facebook concealed a breach involving a third-party personality quiz that harvested data from about 87 million profiles. The information was allegedly sold to a political consulting firm for targeted advertising. Judge Francis Mathew set the $25 billion award, which Attorney General Raúl Torrez called one of the largest state verdicts in U.S. history. Meta has not responded to requests for comment.
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Why it matters
The massive penalty underscores the legal risks tech firms face for misleading users about data security.
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