Judge orders Meta to pay New Mexico $25 billion for deceiving Facebook users about privacy

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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 moderation on Facebook, ABC News and The Philadelphia Inquirer reported on Wednesday 21 October, PBS NewsHour calling it Meta's biggest fine ever. The Verge said the New Mexico judge ordered the $25 billion in penalties for more than 43 million violations of the state's unfair practices law, writing that the Cambridge Analytica scandal has come back to haunt Meta, and Fortune said New Mexico pursued its own case over Facebook's privacy practices while 48 states settled. Meta plans to appeal the judgment, according to Fortune, and the company's chief legal officer said 'We are confident we will prevail on appeal', The Philadelphia Inquirer reported. State Attorney General Raúl Torrez said at a news conference that the verdict should be seen as a warning for tech companies that New Mexico will hold them accountable, PBS NewsHour reported.

Latest: A judge ordered Meta to pay New Mexico $25 billion after a jury found the company liable for deceiving users about privacy and content moderation on Facebook, ABC News, The Philadelphia Inquirer and PBS NewsHour reported, The Verge citing more than 43 million violations of the state's unfair practices law, while Meta plans to appeal, according to Fortune, its chief legal officer saying 'We are confident we will prevail on appeal', according to the Inquirer.

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