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  "id": 15944894,
  "title": "Meta Ordered To Pay $25 Billion Over Misleading Claims, User Data Scandal",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/21/meta-ordered-to-pay-25-billion-over-misleading-claims-user-data",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-21T19:27:39.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/world/meta-ordered-to-pay-25-billion-over-misleading-claims-user-data-scandal"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "A court in New Mexico on Wednesday directed Meta Platforms to pay $25 billion after a jury concluded that the company had misled consumers. The case stemmed from allegations that Cambridge Analytica, a political consultancy linked to Donald Trump's 2016 presidential campaign, improperly obtained personal information belonging to millions of Facebook users. New Mexico's attorney general initiated…",
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  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "NDTV",
        "title": "Meta Ordered To Pay $25 Billion Over Data 'Leak' With A Trump Link",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/21/meta-ordered-to-pay-25-billion-over-data-leak-with-a-trump-link",
        "published": "2026-10-21T18:38:57.000Z"
      }
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}