Meta was ordered to pay $25 billion in a case tied to the Cambridge Analytica data‑privacy scandal. The judgment emerged from a recent trial that examined the social‑media giant’s data‑handling practices, according to…

The court linked the liability to the 2018 misuse of user data by political consulting firm Cambridge Analytica. The payout reflects the largest single privacy‑related judgment in U.S. history. Meta’s shareholders wil…

The Cambridge Analytica episode sparked a wave of regulatory scrutiny that has not faded. Federal and state agencies have pursued a series of investigations into how platforms harvest, store, and share personal inform…

Lawmakers have responded with new privacy bills that echo the European Union’s GDPR model. Some proposals would grant regulators the power to levy fines based on a percentage of global revenue. Others, like the AI saf…