Jury finds Facebook liable for deceiving users in Cambridge Analytica case
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- A New Mexico jury found Facebook liable for deceiving users about privacy protections in the Cambridge Analytica case, impacting over 2 million residents.
- The judge will determine the penalty, with the state seeking the maximum $5,000 per violation; the jury found more than 2 million violations.
- The case involved a third-party quiz that harvested data from 87 million profiles, sold to Cambridge Analytica for targeted ads during the 2016 Trump campaign.
- New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez called the verdict historic and a warning to Big Tech, while Facebook disagreed and cited First Amendment rights.
- Meta had settled a separate multistate child safety lawsuit for $18 billion, but New Mexico was the only state to pursue the Cambridge Analytica case.
- Earlier this year, New Mexico won $942 million in judgments against Meta over minor safety protections, and a court ordered new safeguards.
- Torrez warned tech companies: 'If you lie to New Mexicans about how you use their data, we will find out, and we will hold you accountable.'