Meta to pay New Mexico a historic US$25 billion in Cambridge Analytica case
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The company was accused of lying to Facebook users about its privacy policies and how it handled their data in the wake of the scandal
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Bloomberg Published: 3:08am, 22 Oct 2026 Updated: 3:13am, 22 Oct 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 by state court Judge Francis Mathew is among the largest verdicts issued in US legal history.
The award comes after a jury in Santa Fe determined that Meta had violated the state’s consumer protection over 43 million times based on widely viewed deceptive statements made by the company and its top executives about how it handled hate speech and user data.
Under New Mexico’s Unfair Practices Act, Mathew could issue penalties of up to US$5,000 per violation.
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