Old scandal, new verdict: Setback for Meta in court over Cambridge Analytica
The Cambridge Analytica scandal once shook trust in Facebook. In the aftermath, the case has now led to a new judgment against the Meta Group. This could be expensive for him.
A US jury in New Mexico has found Meta, the company that owns Facebook, liable for misleading users over data protection and freedom of speech. The jury found Meta responsible for 1.3 to 2.1 million violations for each of 34 charges, with potential fines of up to $5,000 per violation. The case relates to the 2018 Cambridge Analytica scandal, in which data from around 87 million Facebook users was shared with the analysis firm.
Meta has previously paid around $6 billion to the US government to settle investigations into the scandal.
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