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## Meta hit with $25 billion fine for deceiving users on privacy

DevFeed: [Meta hit with $25 billion fine for deceiving users on privacy](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/meta-hit-with-25-billion-fine-for-deceiving-users-on-privacy-94027.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://siliconangle.com/2026/10/21/meta-hit-with-25-billion-fine-for-deceiving-users-on-privacy/>)

Author: James Farrell

Published: 2026-10-22T01:10:20Z

Content type: news

Language: en

Sources: [SiliconANGLE](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/siliconangle.md>)

Topics: [Security & Privacy](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/security-privacy.md>)

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### AI overview

A New Mexico jury found Meta liable for 43 million violations of the state's unfair practices act, concluding it misled users about data protection and use in a case tied to the Cambridge Analytica scandal. The violations carried penalties of up to $5,000 each, but Judge Francis Mathew reduced the state's $219.5 billion award to $25 billion, citing the scale and repeated, intentional nature of the conduct. The penalty grows 15% for each year it remains unpaid. Meta's chief legal officer said the company would appeal, arguing the ruling would make it nearly impossible to do business in New Mexico and improperly restrict online speech.

### Source excerpt

Meta Platforms Inc. was ordered to pay $25 billion in penalties today after a jury found the company had misled its users on how it protects and uses their data. In what is one of the largest fines ever leveled against a tech giant, a jury in a Santa Fe, New Mexico, found the company [...] The post Meta hit with $25 billion fine for deceiving users on privacy appeared first on SiliconANGLE.