Meta Ordered to Pay $25 Billion Over Cambridge Analytica Privacy Violations

New York Times - Oct 21, 2026

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 about their data privacy.

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