# Meta hit with $25-billion penalty for misleading Facebook users about data privacy

- Source: World & Nation
- Published: 2026-10-21T21:43:21+00:00
- Category: U.S.
- Original: https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2026-10-21/meta-hit-with-25-billion-penalty-for-misleading-users-about-privacy
- Canonical: https://groundlevelnews.com/story/meta-hit-with-25-billion-penalty-for-misleading-facebook-users-about-d-cfd4db/

The penalty in New Mexico stems from a lawsuit about a data privacy scandal that Facebook faced more than eight years ago.

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