{
  "id": 9891562,
  "title": "New ruling: Setback for Meta in court over Cambridge Analytica",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/26/neues-urteil-ruckschlag-fur-meta-vor-gericht-wegen-cambridge-analytica",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-26T02:55:27.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Handelsblatt",
    "slug": "handelsblatt",
    "url": "https://www.handelsblatt.com/technik/it-internet/neues-urteil-rueckschlag-fuer-meta-vor-gericht-wegen-cambridge-analytica/100257559.html"
  },
  "original_language": "de",
  "account": "Meta, the company that owns Facebook, has suffered a court defeat in the US state of New Mexico related to the Cambridge Analytica data protection scandal from years ago. A jury decided that users were misled regarding data protection and freedom of speech. The judge will now determine the amount of the fine, which could be substantial, with up to $5,000 per violation. The jury found Meta liable for most of the 34 claims, involving 1.3 to 2.1 million violations related to the number of affected users. The Cambridge Analytica scandal damaged public trust in Meta in 2018 and involved the use of data from a seemingly harmless survey to create user profiles.",
  "summary": "The Cambridge Analytica scandal once shook trust in Facebook. In the aftermath, the case has now led to a new verdict against the Meta Group. This could be expensive for him.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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      {
        "outlet": "Handelsblatt",
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        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/23/immobilien-steuerliche-vorteile-nutzen-neues-urteil-begunstigt-den",
        "published": "2026-09-23T02:00:00.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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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."
}