New Mexico took on Meta alone and won a $25 billion judgment over Facebook’s privacy violations

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A judge on Wednesday ordered Meta to pay New Mexico $25 billion after a jury found the company liable for deceiving users about privacy and content moderation policies on Facebook. Judge Francis Mathew handed down the amount, which state Attorney General Raúl Torrez described as “one of the largest, if not the single largest state verdict against a company in American history.” Torrez said the verdict should be a warning for tech companies and that New Mexico would continue to hold them accountable. “This judgement should be a signal, an unambiguous message, to Silicon Valley,” Torrez said at a news conference. Under the New Mexico Constitution, fines for violations of consumer protection laws go state education spending. “We may have paid for the construction of schools for the next 100 years,” said Torrez, who acknowledged that the money would be tied up if Meta appeals as expected. Representatives for Meta, which previously said it plans to appeal the September verdict, didn’t…

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