New Mexico Judge Fines Meta $25 Billion Over Facebook Privacy Violations Tied to Cambridge Analytica

A New Mexico state judge has ordered Meta to pay a $25 billion civil penalty over Facebook 's handling of user data, following a September jury verdict in the state's lawsuit tied to the Cambridge Analytica scandal. Santa Fe District Court Judge Francis J. Mathew imposed the fine, which New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez called a "historic financial victory" for the state.