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2026-10-21 · DW

Meta ordered to pay $25 billion in Cambridge Analytica case

US tech giant Meta, owner of Facebook , was ordered to pay $25 billion (around €22.5 billion) to the US state of New Mexico after a jury found Facebook deceived its users over privacy and content moderation. "Facebook promised users that they (the users) controlled their data. This was false," Judge ⁠Francis ⁠Mathew wrote in his order following the Wednesday verdict. The case links back to the 2016 Cambridge Analytica scandal , when a third-party quiz harvested the data of some 87 million Facebook profiles and sold it to the UK-based political consulting firm. The firm used the data for targeted ads, including campaign ads for Donald Trump 's first presidential run.

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