New Mexico vs Meta Data Trial | Santa Fe News

New Mexico is taking Meta to court over the Cambridge Analytica scandal, accusing the company of selling user trust for profit and misleading the public to keep data flowing to advertisers. The state’s lawsuit, filed in 2021, stems from the 2018 revelation that 87 million Americans’ data was harvested for political campaigns—including the 2016 election. Meta counters by highlighting its $130 million investigation launched in 2016, involving 700+ employees. This isn’t the first legal clash—Meta recently paid $17 billion to 47 states for child safety violations and settled separate Cambridge Analytica claims for nearly $460 million. But New Mexico opted out of those settlements, choosing to pursue...