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title: New Mexico orders Meta to pay $25 billion over Cambridge Analytica-era Unfair Practices Act violations | ctxsec
url: https://ctxsec.com/items/nm-meta-25b-cambridge-analytica-penalty
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status: "confirmed (NM DOJ press release + court order Oct 21); appeal expected"
published: 2026-10-21
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confirmed (NM DOJ press release + court order Oct 21); appeal expected

2026-10-21

### New Mexico orders Meta to pay $25 billion over Cambridge Analytica-era Unfair Practices Act violations

New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez announced a court order requiring Facebook/Meta to pay **$25 billion** in civil penalties after a jury found **43,899,725** violations of the state's Unfair Practices Act in the Cambridge Analytica-related case. Judge Francis Mathew wrote that the record supported the maximum $5,000-per-violation figure (~$219.5B) but reduced the award to $25B; interest accrues at 15%/year until paid. NM DOJ calls it among the largest single-state corporate penalties in US history. The case challenged Meta's representations about data practices, misinformation and hate speech; New Mexico was outside the August multi-state teen-safety settlement. Meta is widely expected to appeal. Separately from FTC's 2019 $5B order.

Sources: [New Mexico DOJ press release](https://nmdoj.gov/press-release/the-new-mexico-department-of-justice-secures-another-landmark-victory-against-big-tech-with-historic-25-billion-penalty-against-facebook/) · [AP](https://apnews.com/article/facebook-penalty-cambridge-analytica-new-mexico-b329f82c3d3db3758a159405acbd4d0e)