Meta ordered to pay 25 billion dollars in New Mexico
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on L’essentiel
A New Mexico judge ordered Meta to pay the state 25 billion dollars for misleading residents about the use of their personal data, in the Cambridge Analytica case. The other US states settled their claims for 459 million dollars in late August, AFP reports.
A New Mexico judge on Wednesday ordered Meta, the group that owns Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram, to pay 25 billion dollars for misleading residents of the US state about how their personal data was used, according to AFP and several US media outlets. The case stems from the Cambridge Analytica scandal, which involved the use of Facebook users’ data for political purposes.
New Mexico is the only US state to have brought the case to court. The other states pursuing Meta settled their claims in late August for 459 million dollars, as part of a broader agreement on the protection of minors, AFP reports.
The ruling comes after the publication, on 21 October, of the ruling ordering Meta to pay 25 billion to New Mexico.
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