Mega fine of 25 billion dollars for Meta over Cambridge Analytica scandal

Meta has been fined $25 billion by New Mexico for misleading Facebook users about their privacy, marking the largest penalty ever for the company. The lawsuit stems from the Cambridge Analytica scandal, where user data was misused during the 2016 Trump campaign. New Mexico's attorney general stated that Meta made misleading claims about data access, violating consumer laws over 43 million times. Meta plans to appeal the ruling, which follows a previous settlement of $18 billion with 48 states regarding children's online safety.