Nearly a decade after the Cambridge Analytica scandal, New Mexico alone is taking Facebook to trial

Nearly a decade after the Cambridge Analytica data privacy scandal, Facebook is facing trial in a state court in New Mexico. The legal proceedings center on privacy concerns that arose during the 2016 election, when a political consulting firm purchased user data harvested from millions of profiles to generate targeted advertisements.

Opening statements for the trial are scheduled to begin on Wednesday in Santa Fe. New Mexico is proceeding with the trial alone, marking a significant legal milestone years after the initial fallout from the widespread data harvesting controversy.