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Meta hit with $25-billion penalty for misleading Facebook users about data privacy

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The penalty in New Mexico stems from a lawsuit about a data privacy scandal that Facebook faced more than eight years ago.

What the coverage shows

All of the outlets frame the story as a New Mexico penalty tied to the Cambridge Analytica privacy saga, with most headlines centering the $25 billion figure and Meta’s alleged misleading of users. The New York Times, Axios and the Los Angeles Times foreground privacy violations or misleading Facebook users, while Bloomberg Technology, CNBC, Engadget and TechCrunch stick closer to the case and penalty language. The Guardian US is the only one to spell out the jury finding and the Trump campaign angle in the extract, and France 24 and BBC News are the only ones to add comparisons to other settlements or fines.

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