Facebook owner Meta is ordered to pay $25bn to New Mexico as a judge condemns its 'lies' over user data
Mark Zuckerberg, whose communications with senior Meta executives a judge ruled were "designed to mislead the public" over user data, as the company is ordered to pay $25bn to New Mexico's schools.
Judge Francis Mathew wrote that communications between senior Meta executives, including Mark Zuckerberg, were 'designed to mislead the public'. He calculated the full penalty at $219bn before cutting it to $25bn. The case stems from Cambridge Analytica harvesting data from up to 87 million Facebook users. Under state law, all the money goes to New Mexico's schools.
Jurors found Meta committed more than 43 million violations of New Mexico consumer law.
Meta's lawyers argued it should pay no more than $3.4bn.
Attorney General Raúl Torrez called it 'an unambiguous message, to Silicon Valley'.
