Meta has been fined $25 billion by a judge for privacy violations related to Facebook.

‘Meta fined $25bn for “lies” over user data privacy’ ‘Meta, the company behind Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp has been hit with the largest ever fine against it for its business practices. A judge in New Mexico on Wednesday ordered the company to pay $25bn following a two-week trial earlier this year that found it had spent years lying to the public about how it handled Facebook user data.’ https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cqdr8zxrr3dxo #law #tech #privacy

Judge orders Meta to pay $25bn in fines for Facebook privacy violations https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10/21/judge-orders-meta-to-pay-25bn-in-fines-for-facebook-privacy-violations?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub Posted into US & Canada News @us-canada-news-AlJazeera

Judge orders Meta to pay $25bn in fines for Facebook privacy violations https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10/21/judge-orders-meta-to-pay-25bn-in-fines-for-facebook-privacy-violations?traffic_source=rss #aljazeera #worldnews #VSN

Judge orders Meta to pay $25bn in fines for Facebook privacy violations "Last month, a jury found Meta responsible for more than 43 million violations of New Mexico’s consumer protection laws. New Mexico Attorney General Raul Torrez highlighted that the decision was one of the largest state verdicts against a company in US history." https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10/21/judge-orders-meta-to-pay-25bn-in-fines-for-facebook-privacy-violations #Meta #Privacy #HumanRights #News #Activism #Facebook #DataMining #AntiFascism

A judge on Wednesday ordered Meta to pay New Mexico $25 billion after a jury found the company liable for deceiving users about privacy on Facebook, marking the biggest fine ever against the tech giant. Read more: https://tmt.news/2451360

A district judge in New #Mexico #UnitedStates orders Meta to pay $25 billion after a jury found it guilty of misleading Facebook users about privacy violations, marking its largest fine ever. https://en-wp.org/wiki/Lawsuits_involving_Meta_Platforms https://newsasfacts.com/news/163026