The ruling is the latest legal fallout from revelations that British firm Cambridge Analytica accessed data from up to 87 million Facebook users back in 2018
A New Mexico jury has found Meta Platforms liable for willfully deceiving Facebook users over privacy and platform policies, handing the social media giant yet another major legal defeat this year.
The case stems from the Cambridge Analytica scandal, which erupted in 2018 after a whistleblower report claiming that the British political consultancy obtained data from tens of millions of Facebook users without their consent through a third-party app.
The data was used for voter profiling and political targeting, including during Donald Trump’s successful 2016 presidential campaign. Cambridge Analytica collapsed within months, while Facebook was hit with billions in fines and settlements over its handling of user data.
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