A district judge on Wednesday ordered that Meta pay a $25 billion civil penalty to New Mexico for violating the state’s consumer protection law.
The judgment follows a jury verdict that Facebook, one of Meta’s social media companies, committed 43,899,725 violations of New Mexico’s Unfair Practices Act.
New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez, who brought the case, said the judgment demonstrates that violations of the state’s consumer protection statute “carry real consequences.”
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“We took on one of the largest companies in the world because New Mexicans deserve honesty, accountability, and the protection of their personal information,” he said. “Today’s result makes clear that no corporation is too powerful to be held accountable.”
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