Washington, 22 October 2026: A New Mexico judge on Wednesday ordered Meta Platforms to pay $25 billion. The court found that the company had misled consumers in a particular case.
In fact, a political consulting firm associated with Donald Trump's 2016 presidential campaign was accused of obtaining the data of millions of Facebook users without their consent. This matter is related to that case.
Judge Francis Mathew wrote in his order that Facebook's harms continued for years and gradually came to public attention. This lies at the core of its core business practices.
A fine of more than $219 billion was justified under state law, but it was reduced to $25 billion. A Metana spokesperson did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
A British political consultancy firm named Cambridge Analytica had collected personal data of up to 87 million Facebook users through a third-party app. After this revelation, in 2021, the state Attorney General filed a case against Meta.
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