Meta was fined a record $25 billion for misleading Facebook users.

Meta was fined a record $25 billion for misleading Facebook users.

A New Mexico court ordered Meta to pay a record $25 billion for misleading Facebook users about protecting personal data. The ruling comes 8 years after the Cambridge Analytica scandal.

In late September, a jury found Meta guilty of violating consumer protection laws. Prosecutors said the company misled users about who could access their data and how Facebook fights hateful content and disinformation. The jury counted more than 43 million violations.

The Cambridge Analytica scandal broke in 2018 after the company collected data from about 87 million Facebook users for political advertising.

Meta plans to appeal.