Fine of $25 billion on Meta from a New Mexico court

What the sources report

A judge in New Mexico, US, imposed a fine of $25 billion on Meta, ruling that the company deceived users about how it manages their personal data. LiFO

The decision was announced on Wednesday 21/10. LiFO

On 25 September the jurors found that 26 of the 29 statements made by Meta and its leadership were misleading, and found more than 43 million violations of the consumer protection law. Newsbeast

Judge Francis Mathew noted that the maximum fine was 219 billion dollars and decided to reduce it to 25 billion. iefimerida.gr

The case was brought in 2021 by the State Attorney General, after revelations that Cambridge Analytica had obtained data of up to 87 million Facebook users through a third-party app. iefimerida.gr

Where they differ

Iefimerida.gr writes that Meta argued that a fine above 3.45 billion dollars would discourage businesses from operating in the State. iefimerida.gr

Peloponnisos writes that Meta's legal team argued that the burden should not have exceeded 3.4 billion dollars. Peloponnisos