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  "id": 15972282,
  "title": "Meta Ordered To Pay New Mexico $25 Billion For Deceiving Facebook Users About Privacy",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/21/meta-ordered-to-pay-new-mexico-25-billion-for-deceiving-facebook",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-21T23:49:47.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Deadline",
    "slug": "deadline",
    "url": "https://deadline.com/2026/10/meta-facebook-penalty-new-mexico-cambridge-analytica-1237170258/"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "A judge in New Mexico has ordered Meta to pay $25 billion in civil penalties for deceiving users about privacy on Facebook. The ruling Wednesday by state District Court Judge Francis J. Mathew came in the state’s landmark Cambridge Analytica case against Facebook for violations of New Mexico’s Unfair Practices Act. It is the largest […]",
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "The New York Times",
        "title": "Meta Ordered to Pay $25 Billion for Deceiving Users on Privacy",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/21/meta-ordered-to-pay-25-billion-for-deceiving-users-on-privacy",
        "published": "2026-10-21T18:05:27.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Times of India",
        "title": "Meta ordered to pay $25 billion in fine linked to 8-year-old data privacy scandal",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/21/meta-ordered-to-pay-25-billion-in-fine-linked-to-8-year-old-data",
        "published": "2026-10-21T18:27:53.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Variety",
        "title": "Meta Ordered to Pay $25 Billion in New Mexico Data Privacy Case",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/21/meta-ordered-to-pay-25-billion-in-new-mexico-data-privacy-case",
        "published": "2026-10-21T18:34:27.000Z"
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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."
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