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Meta ordered to pay $25 billion in Cambridge Analytica case

DW21 October 2026, 19:27 UTCMexico

A New Mexico judge ordered Facebook's parent company, Meta, to pay $25 billion for misleading users over the Cambridge Analytica breach, which took place during Donald Trump's first presidential campaign.

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