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New Mexico jury finds Facebook liable of deceiving users about privacy protections

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Schuettler, M. (2026, September 25). New Mexico jury finds Facebook liable of deceiving users about privacy protections. Toronto Star. https://www.thestar.com/news/world/united-states/new-mexico-jury-finds-facebook-liable-of-deceiving-users-about-privacy-protections/article_98909428-4461-50bd-bd3d-4872036a7e4d.html

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In Santa Fe, New Mexico, a jury determined that Facebook had misled its users regarding privacy protections on the platform. The court will now decide on the financial penalties, which could reach up to $5,000 per violation as requested by state attorneys seeking maximum damages.

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A New Mexico jury ruled that Facebook, now part of Meta, is liable for deceiving users about privacy protections on its platform following a data breach involving Cambridge Analytica. The two-week trial in Santa Fe focused on how Facebook mishandled user data from an external personality quiz app, which harvested information from roughly 87 million profiles and was sold to Cambridge Analytica to create targeted political ads, including those for the 2016 Trump campaign. Jurors also found Facebook guilty of misleading the public about investigations into data brokers following this scandal, resulting in over two million violations. The state is now asking a judge to impose the maximum penalty of $5,000 per violation.

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A New Mexico jury on Friday found Facebook liable for deceiving users about privacy protections on the social media platform. asserted

Facebook → find → platform

It is now up to the judge to determine how much the company would pay, with attorneys representing the state asking for the maximum $5,000 penalty per violation. asserted

attorneys → determine → violation

New Mexico jury finds Facebook liable of deceiving users about privacy protections

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