# Meta ordered to pay $25 billion in New Mexico privacy case

> A New Mexico judge has ordered Meta to pay $25 billion in penalties for misleading statements about user privacy, stemming from the Cambridge Analytica scandal.
- Title: Meta ordered to pay $25 billion in New Mexico privacy case
- Summary: A New Mexico judge has ordered Meta to pay $25 billion in penalties for misleading statements about user privacy, stemming from the Cambridge Analytica…
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- Source: Engadget — https://engadget.com/2293597/new-mexico-court-order-meta-pay-25-billion-privacy-case
- Author: Will Shanklin
- Published: 2026-10-21T20:43:17+00:00
- Read time: 1 min
- Topics: meta, new mexico, privacy, cambridge analytica, facebook, unfair practices act, technology
## Judge orders Meta to pay $25 billion
On October twenty-first, a New Mexico judge ordered Meta to pay the state twenty five billion dollars in penalties. The company had made misleading statements about consumer privacy.
## Jury found 43 million violations
In September, a Santa Fe jury found Meta violated New Mexico's Unfair Practices Act by misleading residents about user data, privacy settings and content moderation. The jury counted forty three million violations.
## Judge rejects both sides' requests
New Mexico asked for thirty five to forty billion dollars.Meta requested no more than three point four five billion dollars.Judge Francis Mathew settled at twenty five billion, describing Facebook's post-scandal investigation as willfully ineffective.

> willfully ineffective
## Key takeaway

A New Mexico judge ordered Meta to pay twenty five billion dollars for violating state law by making misleading statements about user privacy and data protection.