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Meta Ordered to Pay $25 Billion After Court Finds 43 Million Privacy Violations
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A New Mexico court has ordered Meta to pay $25 billion in penalties as a result of a data privacy lawsuit related to the Cambridge Analytica scandal. The lawsuit stems from the data scandal that came to light in 2018. The court found 43 million privacy violations, leading to the significant penalty. The ruling was made by state District Court Judge Francis J. Mathew. This decision is a result of a lawsuit that originated from the Cambridge Analytica data scandal. The penalty is one of the largest in a data privacy case.
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