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Meta\u2019s court woes continue. A New Mexico judge ordered the company to pay $25 billion on Wednesday for deceiving users about its data privacy practices, one of the largest penalties ever levied against a tech company, according to The New York Times<\/a>. The judge said the \u201cextraordinary number of willful violations\u201d justified the steep penalty.<\/p>\n New Mexico sued Meta in 2021 over the Cambridge Analytica scandal, in which the British political consulting firm obtained data from tens of millions of Facebook users without their knowledge. Last month, a Santa Fe jury found Meta committed 43 million violations of the state\u2019s consumer protection laws, each carrying a penalty of up to $5,000.<\/p>\n New Mexico Attorney General Ra\u00fal Torrez said the result makes clear that \u201cno corporation is too powerful to be held accountable.\u201d Meta did not immediately respond to the Times\u2019 request for comment.<\/p>\n In August, Meta agreed to pay up to $17.1 billion to settle claims from 47 states that its platforms were designed to be addictive to kids, along with changes like two-hour daily time limits for teens. That deal included $459 million for Cambridge Analytica privacy claims, so other states are unlikely to follow New Mexico\u2019s lead. A New Mexico judge also ordered Meta to pay $567 million in a separate case that month.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n Meta\u2019s court woes continue. A New Mexico judge ordered the company to pay $25 billion on Wednesday for deceiving users about its data privacy practices, one of the largest penalties ever levied against a tech company, according to The New York Times<\/a>. The judge said the \u201cextraordinary number of willful violations\u201d justified the steep penalty.<\/p>\n New Mexico sued Meta in 2021 over the Cambridge Analytica scandal, in which the British political consulting firm obtained data from tens of millions of Facebook users without their knowledge. Last month, a Santa Fe jury found Meta committed 43 million violations of the state\u2019s consumer protection laws, each carrying a penalty of up to $5,000.<\/p>\n New Mexico Attorney General Ra\u00fal Torrez said the result makes clear that \u201cno corporation is too powerful to be held accountable.\u201d Meta did not immediately respond to the Times\u2019 request for comment.<\/p>\n In August, Meta agreed to pay up to $17.1 billion to settle claims from 47 states that its platforms were designed to be addictive to kids, along with changes like two-hour daily time limits for teens. That deal included $459 million for Cambridge Analytica privacy claims, so other states are unlikely to follow New Mexico\u2019s lead. A New Mexico judge also ordered Meta to pay $567 million in a separate case that month.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n