US judge orders Meta to pay $25B in penalties, reduced from initial $219.5B, over Facebook's handling of user data in a case involving political consulting firm Cambridge Analytica nearly a decade ago, according to media reports

📌 New Mexico jury found more than 43M violations of state consumer protection law

📌 ⁠⁠Scandal involved improper access to personal information of 87M Facebook users

📌 Penalty to accrue 15% annual interest until paid in full