In September 2026, a jury in a New Mexico court in the United States ruled that Meta, the parent company of Facebook, breached the state's Unfair Trade Practices Act over 43 million times in connection with the Cambridge Analytica data scandal. The jury determined that Meta had made deceptive statements to local consumers regarding its handling of personal data. The final amount of the fine remains undetermined and will be decided by a judge, with a theoretical maximum of $219 billion. Meta has announced its intention to appeal the decision. Previously, Meta had settled for approximately $6 billion in relation to this incident, but New Mexico and Washington, D.C., opted not to participate in that settlement.
