the Cambridge Analytica scandal; Meta was sentenced to pay a fine of 25 billion dollars.

the Cambridge Analytica scandal; Meta was sentenced to pay a fine of 25 billion dollars.

Eight years after the Cambridge Analytica scandal, for the misuse of Facebook users' data, the company Meta has been sentenced to pay a fine of 25 billion dollars. A judge in Santa Fe, New Mexico handed down the sentence on Wednesday, October 21. According to the CNBC news channel, Meta plans to intercept under this order.

Judge Francis Mateo cited Mateo's "extraordinarily high number of willful violations" as the reason for the high fine. He emphasized that this amount includes 15% annual interest until it is fully paid.