Meta ordered to pay $25 billion by New Mexico court over 43 million privacy violations tied to Cambridge Analytica
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.
Detalhes técnicos
- 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 $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.