Explained: Why Meta faces a $25 billion penalty in a case linked to Cambridge Analytica

You can access the judgment from here . A New Mexico court has ordered Meta Platforms to pay $25 billion in civil penalties for misleading users about their data privacy, third-party access to personal information and content moderation on Facebook. In its October 21, 2026 judgment, the court reduced the potential penalty of $219.49 billion after a jury found that the company had committed 43,899,720 willful violations of the state’s Unfair Practices Act.