Meta Ordered to Pay $25 Billion in New Mexico Data Privacy Case
A New Mexico state judge on Wednesday ordered Meta to pay $25 billion after a jury found the company liable last month for deceiving users about Facebook‘s…
According to Variety, a New Mexico state judge on Wednesday ordered Meta to pay $25 billion after a jury found the company liable last month for deceiving users about Facebook‘s data privacy and content moderation policies.
The judgment by state judge Francis Mathew capped a yearslong legal case waged by the state, which first sued the state in.
This technology story centres on Mexico. Names and organisations mentioned in the coverage include Meta Ordered, Mexico Data Privacy and Facebook.
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