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Meta Ordered to Pay $25 Billion After Court Finds 43 Million Privacy Violations

By The Hacker News1 min read

Social media giant Meta was ordered to pay 25 billion in penalties by a New Mexico court on Wednesday as part of a data privacy lawsuit that sprang from the company's Cambridge Analytica data scandal, which came to light in 2018.

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Social media giant Meta was ordered to pay 25 billion in penalties by a New Mexico court on Wednesday as part of a data privacy lawsuit that sprang from the company's Cambridge Analytica data scandal, which came to light in 2018.

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EFF, ACLU Urge Appeals Court to Curb Grand Jury Subpoenas Used to Unmask Social Media Users

The EFF, ACLU and other civil liberties and trade groups have filed a friend-of-the-court brief in a sealed case before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, arguing courts should curb government abuse of grand jury subpoenas aimed at unmasking social media users who criticize immigration enforcement. According to EFF Updates, the case involves a Homeland Security investigation of an anonymous Reddit user.

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