Meta Faces $25 Billion Penalty in New Mexico Data Privacy Case: What It Means for the Tech Industry

10/23/2026

The $25 billion penalty is the largest fine Meta has ever faced for its conduct, and represents a tremendous victory for the U.S. state of New Mexico — even if it is symbolic

10/22/2026

New Mexico secured a $25 billion penalty against Meta Platforms after claims of mishandling user data arose. A jury found that Meta misled consumers regarding access to their data. The jury...

10/22/2026

New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez said the record-setting judgment should encourage more states to take the tech industry to trial.

10/21/2026

Meta, which has fought numerous youth safety lawsuits this year, now faces a $25 billion penalty for violating New Mexico's consumer protection laws. The order, made Wednesday by a New Mexico...

10/21/2026

Meta stock was largely unmoved despite the company getting slapped with a $25 billion fine in New Mexico over its data practices.

10/21/2026

A judge has ordered Meta to pay the state of New Mexico a civil penalty of $25 billion after a jury found the company misled users about the privacy of their data. NBC News' Allie Canal has...

10/22/2026

Meta has been handed the largest penalty in its history, after a New Mexico judge ruled that the company spent years misleading the public about how it handled the data of Facebook users. The...

10/22/2026

A New Mexico court ordered Meta to pay $25bn after a jury found the company misled consumers about data privacy.

10/22/2026

A judge and the state AG say Facebook didn’t block enough political speech.

10/21/2026

A judge has ordered Meta to pay New Mexico $25 billion after a jury found the company liable for deceiving users about privacy and content moderation on Facebook

10/21/2026

Facebook parent company Meta Platforms. (Photo via Wikimedia Commons, Graphic by The Desk) A judge in New Mexico ordered Meta Platforms to pay $25 billion in civil penalties on Wednesday, weeks...

10/21/2026

Jurors in September found Meta liable for over 43 million violations of New Mexico consumer protection laws when a political consulting firm, Cambridge Analytica, harvested Facebook user data to...

10/21/2026

The judgment appears to be the biggest of its kind, according to New Mexico’s attorney general.

10/21/2026

Meta Platforms has been ordered to pay $25 billion after a New Mexico jury found the company misled Facebook users over its handling of personal data and other practices in a case stemming from...

10/21/2026

While 48 states settled, New Mexico pursued its own case over Facebook’s privacy practices. Meta plans to appeal the $25 billion judgment.

10/21/2026

The penalty in New Mexico stems from a lawsuit about a data privacy scandal that Facebook faced more than eight years ago.

10/22/2026

Social media giant Meta was ordered to pay 25 billion in penalties by a New Mexico court on Wednesday as part of a data privacy lawsuit that sprang from the company's Cambridge Analytica data...

10/22/2026

A New Mexico judge ordered the company to pay damages after a jury found Meta guilty of exposing user data, per Reuters.

10/21/2026

The $25 billion penalty could be the largest against Meta in the company's history.

10/21/2026

The penalty, one of the largest levied against a tech giant, stemmed from a lawsuit by New Mexico claiming the social media company had misled users about their data privacy.

10/21/2026

A New Mexico judge hit Meta with a record-breaking $25 billion penalty on Wednesday, stemming from a lawsuit over the Cambridge Analytica debacle.Meta CEO Mark ZuckerbergThe ruling follows...

10/22/2026

"This ruling... makes it all but impossible to do business in the state of New Mexico," Meta said in a statement

10/22/2026

Federal judge finds Meta's 'wilful' deceptive conduct would have justified much larger fine under state's unfair practices law

10/22/2026

Plus: Senators probe Google AI in schools and AI finds bug that puts 70% of websites at risk.

10/21/2026

A New Mexico judge ordered Meta to pay $25 billion after the company was found to have misled users about its privacy practices in a case related to the Cambridge Analytica scandal.

10/21/2026

A judge in New Mexico ordered the technology giant Meta to pay $25 billion after a jury found the company liable for misleading users about its privacy and content policies. New Mexico Attorney...

10/21/2026

The Cambridge Analytica data privacy scandal from a decade ago is still weighing on Meta's finances.

10/21/2026

The penalty is one of the largest brought against a tech giant and stems from the Cambridge Analytica scandal connected with Trump’s 2016 campaign.

10/22/2026

Meta has been ordered to pay $25 billion in New Mexico over Facebook’s mishandling of user data and misleading privacy claims tied to the Cambridge Analytica scandal, which exposed millions of...

10/21/2026

Meta to pay $25 billion in penalties related to Cambridge Analytica scandal in New Mexico.

10/21/2026

Meta Platforms on Wednesday was ordered to pay $25 billion in penalties following a New Mexico court ruling tied to the Cambridge Analytica data scandal, according to a court judgment. The...

10/21/2026

Meta Platforms was ordered to pay a groundbreaking US$25 billion civil penalty to the state of New Mexico in a consumer deception case spurred by the Cambridge Analytica scandal. The fine issued...

10/21/2026

Meta Platforms Inc. was ordered to pay a groundbreaking $25 billion civil penalty to the state of New Mexico in a consumer deception case spurred by the Cambridge Analytica scandal.

10/21/2026

Meta faces a $25 billion penalty in a New Mexico privacy case tied to Cambridge Analytica. The Facebook parent company plans to appeal.

10/21/2026

Cambridge Analytica acquired the data of hundreds of thousands of Facebook users, but did not disclose it a whistleblower came forward

10/21/2026

A state judge ordered Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta to pay a massive $25 billion penalty for deceiving users about data privacy in connection to the Cambridge Analytica scandal.Wednesday’s bombshell...