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Meta hit with $25 billion penalty in New Mexico Cambridge Analytica case

Original: Meta ordered to pay $25B penalty in New Mexico Cambridge Analytica case

Meta has been ordered to pay a $25 billion penalty in a New Mexico lawsuit tied to the Cambridge Analytica data scandal, according to a CNBC report. If upheld, it would be among the largest penalties ever imposed on a technology company over data privacy violations. The case stems from the long-running fallout over the harvesting of Facebook users' data for political profiling, an affair that has already cost Meta billions in fines and settlements worldwide.

Why now: The sheer size of the reported $25 billion penalty against one of the world's biggest tech companies makes it major breaking news.

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