New Mexico Judge Orders Meta to Pay $25B in Cambridge Analytica Case, Largest-Ever State Verdict

Judge Francis Mathew capped a jury verdict of 43 million-plus unfair-practices violations at $25 billion—reduced from a possible $219.5B—against Meta for deceiving Facebook users about privacy and content moderation. NM AG Raúl Torrez called it 'one of the largest, if not the single largest state verdict against a company in American history.' NM declined to join the $18B 48-state settlement in August. Meta plans to appeal.