Meta was ordered to pay a fine of 25 billion USD, setting a new record in judicial history

2026-10-22 02:30:49

A court in New Mexico, USA, ordered Meta Platforms to pay a civil fine of $25 billion. The jury found that Meta made misleading statements regarding user privacy, data processing, and hate speech moderation, violating state consumer protection laws over 43 million times. This judgment amount is one of the highest fine judgments in the history of the U.S. judiciary.