# Why was Meta fined $25bn in New Mexico over ‘Facebook’s wrongdoing’?

https://mins.news/en/item/110848

- Al Jazeera, 2026-10-22 09:23 UTC
- Tech
- Original: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10/22/facebooks-wrongdoing-why-has-meta-been-fined-25bn-in-new-mexico?traffic_source=rss

> A New Mexico judge ordered Meta to pay the state $25bn, finding that the company intentionally misled consumers about data privacy. The attorney general called it one of the largest single-state verdicts against a company in US history. Meta said it expects to win on appeal. The lawsuit followed revelations that Cambridge Analytica harvested Facebook users’ data.

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