How Many Billions Would It Take to Hold Meta Accountable?

How Many Billions Would It Take to Hold Meta Accountable? Meta got hit this week with its biggest fine yet, the latest in a mounting pile of court-ordered payments. Earlier this week, a New Mexico judge ordered Meta to pay a $25 billion fine for violating consumer protection laws dating back to the Cambridge Analytica scandal. A quick recap of the case: Filed in 2021, the suit alleged that the company violated the state's Unfair Practices Act by lying to Meta users about the way it handled their data. In September, a jury ruled in favor of the state.