Meta ordered to pay $25 billion in user privacy case

Meta, which has fought numerous youth safety lawsuits this year, now faces a $25 billion penalty for violating New Mexico's consumer protection laws. The order, made Wednesday by a New Mexico judge, is the latest development in a lawsuit filed against Meta by the state in 2021. The case stemmed from the 2018 Cambridge Analytica scandal, in which the U.K.-based data firm employed by Donald Trump's 2016 presidential campaign exploited Facebook features to harvest and misappropriate the personal da