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Meta ordered to pay $25bn in New Mexico privacy case
Three outlets report the penalty, but accounts differ on the earlier $18bn settlement cited for comparison.
BBC News, France 24 and DW report that Meta has been ordered to pay $25bn over misleading users about data privacy. France 24 and DW identify the case as a New Mexico proceeding linked to Cambridge Analytica. France 24 reports that Meta called the penalty “a tax on speech”.
What holds up
- ✓All three outlets report a $25bn penalty against Meta, providing cross-outlet support for the core claim.
- ✓France 24 and DW both identify a New Mexico judge's order and its connection to Cambridge Analytica.
What doesn't yet
- ?BBC describes the earlier $18bn deal as being with California; France 24 describes an $18bn settlement with 48 other states. The supplied extracts do not reconcile these accounts.
- ?The judgment itself and any appeal arrangements are not supplied; Meta's quoted response is its own characterisation of the penalty.
Ask before you share
- →What does the written judgment say about liability and the calculation of the penalty?
- →Do the references to an earlier $18bn settlement concern the same agreement?