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New Mexico jury finds Meta misled users on Facebook data
Livemint··15h ago
A Santa Fe jury found Meta misled New Mexico residents over Facebook data issues tied to Cambridge Analytica harvesting user information without consent. Jurors upheld 26 of 29 challenged statements. Judge Francis Mathew will set penalties after jurors found more than 43 million violations. Attorney General Raul Torrez may seek up to $5,000 per violation.
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What It Means For You
- New Mexico consumers could see court-ordered corrections if Judge Mathew orders changes to past statements.
- Meta said it disagreed with the verdict and would keep defending its record.
- Torrez said the state may seek an audit of how Meta manages user data.
What's Happening
- The attorney general filed the case in 2021, three years after Cambridge Analytica reports.
- Jurors rejected some claims about hate speech removal and fact-checking statements.
- A March trial in the same court ordered $375 million in penalties over youth safety on Meta apps.
Penalties after the Santa Fe verdict
- Cambridge Analytica harvested data from as many as 87 million Facebook users through a third-party app.
- New Mexico stayed out of a broader $16.7 billion youth addiction settlement, keeping this case alive.
- Under state law Mathew can award up to $5,000 per violation the jury counted.
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