Meta faces a $25 billion penalty from New Mexico and a $725 million settlement in a federal class action. The twin blows tighten the financial pressure on a company that has long dodged accountability for its data‑han…

The New Mexico Department of Justice issued a press release ordering the payment, while a separate court filing in San Francisco disclosed the $725 million deal. The settlement covers a proposed class of 250‑280 milli…

New Mexico’s attorney general announced the $25 billion judgment as part of a broader effort to hold Meta accountable for the Cambridge Analytica breach[^2][^5][^6][^7]. The press release frames the penalty as a punit…

State officials argue that the penalty reflects the massive scale of harm inflicted on millions of residents[^1][^5]. By tying the judgment to the same data‑harvesting practices that fed political targeting in the 201…