Facebook’s misleading privacy claims land Meta a $25 billion penalty
Brief
Facebook’s Cambridge Analytica scandal may feel like very old news . But the consequences are still arriving, and the latest comes with a $25 billion price tag.
Reuters reports that a New Mexico judge has ordered Meta to pay $25 billion in civil penalties after a jury found that Facebook misled consumers about its data practices and its handling of hate speech and misinformation. Meta says it expects to win on appeal.
This case is about more than information ending up in the wrong hands. It concerns what Facebook told people about who could access their information, how much control users had, and how the company enforced its own rules.
What Facebook told its users
In September, jurors found that the company and its leadership made 26 misleading statements on data privacy, hate speech, and other subjects.