New Mexico jury finds Facebook liable for 43M violations
The gist
A New Mexico jury found Facebook liable for 43,899,720 violations of state consumer protection law.
The verdict could expose Meta to up to $219 billion in penalties.
How it unfolded
- 2021New Mexico's attorney general's office filed a lawsuit focused on how Facebook handled user information.
- Sep 23, 2026Closing arguments took place in the Santa Fe trial, with state attorneys urging jurors to find Facebook liable for thousands of violations of state law.
- Sep 25, 2026A jury in the First Judicial District Court in Santa Fe found Facebook liable for deceiving users about privacy protections, finding over 43 million violations of state consumer protection law after more than two days of deliberations and two weeks of testimony before Judge Francis Mathew.