Meta fined $25b in US for deceiving users about Facebook privacy

Key points

• A judge has ordered Meta to pay the US state of New Mexico $US25 billion after a jury found the company deceived users about privacy on Facebook. The judge said Facebook promised users they controlled their data, and that this was false.
• The jury found Meta liable for more than 43 million violations of state consumer protection laws. The case followed the harvesting of Facebook data by Cambridge Analytica during the 2016 election season.
• Meta says it will appeal, arguing the ruling would make it all but impossible to do business in the state.