Meta ordered to pay $25 billion in penalties as part of a data privacy case
World4 sources3 countries24m ago
A New Mexico judge has ordered Meta, the parent company of Facebook, to pay $25 billion in a civil penalty following a trial regarding the Cambridge Analytica data breach. The ruling concludes a consumer deception case centered on the company's handling of user data during the first presidential campaign of Donald Trump.
The judgment marks a significant legal development in the ongoing fallout from the Cambridge Analytica scandal. The penalty is characterized as a historic and groundbreaking financial sanction imposed on the technology firm for misleading its users.
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DW (Deutsche Welle)Highlights the specific political context of the Trump campaign
Toronto StarEmphasizes the historic and groundbreaking nature of the penalty
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