Meta ordered to pay New Mexico $25 billion over deceptive Facebook data privacy practices tied to Cambridge Analytica
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A New Mexico state judge, Francis J. Mathew, ordered Meta to pay $25 billion to the state of New Mexico, the largest penalty ever imposed on the company (securityweek.com, thehackernews.com, techcrunch.com). A jury found more than 43 million violations of the state's consumer protection and unfair practices law. The case was filed in 2021 and stems from the Cambridge Analytica scandal. The judge ruled the deception was intentional and that executives consistently misled users (securityweek.com). Attorney General Raúl Torrez welcomed the outcome. Meta will appeal; its chief legal officer C.J. Mahoney criticized the ruling, and the company called it a tax on speech (techcrunch.com). The state may not see the money for years (securityweek.com). This is a legal and regulatory development, with no new technical compromise or active threat described.
Detalhes técnicos
- The thisisyourdigitallife quiz app was taken by about 300,000 users and also harvested their friends' data, producing a dataset of about 87 million profiles (thehackernews.com, securityweek.com). The data fed Cambridge Analytica's targeted political ads in the 2016 election cycle (securityweek.com).
- Meta banned the app in 2015 for violating platform policy and sent Cambridge Analytica a legal request to delete the data. Cambridge Analytica announced in May 2018 that it was ceasing operations (thehackernews.com).
- The trial centered on Facebook's misleading public statements about user control over data and its handling of the quiz data breach. Judge Mathew found that Facebook falsely promised users they controlled their data (securityweek.com, thehackernews.com).
- The jury trial lasted two weeks (techcrunch.com). Each violation carried a $5,000 penalty (techcrunch.com). Jurors returned their verdict in September (securityweek.com).
- New Mexico sought $35-40 billion. Meta argued for at most $3.4 billion and said a larger award would be unconstitutional (securityweek.com).
- The award far exceeds the $5 billion FTC fine against Facebook in 2019 and the $725 million class-action settlement of December 2022 (securityweek.com, thehackernews.com).
- Interest accrues during the appeal, though Meta may succeed in reducing the number of violations. Under the New Mexico Constitution, the proceeds go to education spending (securityweek.com).
- In August, Meta settled with nearly all other U.S. states and territories (excluding New Mexico and Florida) for $18 billion over a decade. That deal covered teen social media addiction and child safety (securityweek.com) and included $459 million for Cambridge Analytica claims (thehackernews.com).
Remediação
No technical remediation applies. Meta says it will appeal and has said it changed its policies after the suit was filed in 2021 (securityweek.com).
Relatos divergentes
- Scope of the claims: TechCrunch (techcrunch.com), citing The New York Times, says the case also covered Meta's efforts to mitigate misinformation. SecurityWeek (securityweek.com) says jurors rejected claims that Facebook made false statements about removing harmful content, including COVID-19 misinformation. The SecurityWeek account is more detailed and more recent, so the misinformation claims appear not to have been upheld.
- Violation count: techcrunch.com reports 43 million violations, while securityweek.com and thehackernews.com say more than 43 million. This is likely a rounding difference.
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Meta ordered to pay $25 billion by New Mexico court over 43 million privacy violations tied to Cambridge Analytica
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A New Mexico state court ordered Meta to pay $25 billion in penalties for more than 43 million violations of the state's unfair practices law. The case was filed in 2021 and stems from the Cambridge Analytica scandal. District Court Judge Francis J. Mathew found that Facebook falsely promised users they controlled their data. Meta's chief legal officer C.J. Mahoney criticized the ruling, and the company intends to appeal. The ruling follows earlier penalties: a $5 billion FTC fine in 2019 and a $725 million class-action settlement in December 2022.
Technical Details
- The thisisyourdigitallife quiz app was taken by about 300,000 users. It also harvested their friends' data, producing a dataset of about 87 million profiles.
- Meta banned the app in 2015 for violating platform policy and sent Cambridge Analytica a legal request to delete the data.
- Cambridge Analytica announced in May 2018 that it was ceasing operations.
- In August, Meta settled with nearly all other U.S. states and territories (excluding New Mexico and Florida) for $18 billion over a decade, including $459 million for Cambridge Analytica claims.
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Meta ordered to pay New Mexico $25 billion for deceiving Facebook users about data privacy after Cambridge Analytica
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A New Mexico state judge ordered Meta to pay $25 billion, the largest fine ever imposed on the company, after a jury found it liable for deceiving users about how Facebook handled their personal data. Judge Francis J. Mathew ruled the deception was intentional and that executives consistently misled users. In September, jurors found over 43 million violations of New Mexico consumer protection laws. The case stems from the Cambridge Analytica scandal, in which a third-party personality quiz harvested data from roughly 87 million profiles. Meta plans to appeal, and the state may not see the money for years.
Technical Details
- The trial centered on Facebook's misleading public statements about user control over data and its handling of the third-party quiz data breach that fed Cambridge Analytica's targeted political ads in the 2016 election cycle.
- Jurors rejected claims that Facebook made false statements about removing harmful content, including COVID-19 misinformation.
- New Mexico sought $35-40 billion; Meta argued for at most $3.4 billion and said a larger award would be unconstitutional.
- The award far exceeds the $5 billion FTC fine against Facebook in 2019. Interest accrues during the appeal, though Meta may succeed in reducing the number of violations.
- Under the New Mexico Constitution, the proceeds go to education spending.
- Meta separately reached an $18 billion settlement in August with nearly all other states and territories (excluding New Mexico and Florida) over teen social media addiction and child-safety measures.
Remediation
No technical remediation applies. Meta says it will appeal and has said it changed its policies after the suit was filed in 2021.
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Meta ordered to pay $25 billion to New Mexico over deceptive data privacy practices tied to Cambridge Analytica
ler a análise desta fonte ocultar
A judge ordered Meta to pay $25 billion to the state of New Mexico for deceiving resident users about its data privacy practices, the largest payout in the company's history, according to The New York Times as cited by TechCrunch. A jury in a two-week trial found 43 million violations of the state's consumer protection laws, each carrying a $5,000 penalty. Part of the case concerned Meta's handling of a third-party app linked to the Cambridge Analytica data breach, along with its privacy policies and its efforts to mitigate misinformation. New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez welcomed the outcome, while Meta said it will appeal and called the ruling a tax on speech. The case is a regulatory and legal development, with no new technical compromise or active threat described.