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Meta hit with $25 billion penalty for misleading Facebook users

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A New Mexico judge ordered Meta to pay $25 billion in penalties Wednesday after a jury found in September that the social media giant misled users about their data privacy. Why it matters: The penalties come nearly a decade after the Cambridge Analytica scandal first broke and signal that Big Tech c

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Both outlets center the same core framing: Meta has been hit with a $25 billion penalty tied to claims it misled Facebook users about data privacy. Axios adds more procedural detail, noting a New Mexico judge ordered the penalties after a September jury finding and linking the coverage to the Cambridge Analytica era, while the Los Angeles Times keeps its extract more concise and only says the penalty stems from an older privacy lawsuit.

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