( October 22, 2026, 2:27 PM EDT) -- SANTA FE, N.M. — After a jury decided on liability in a suit brought by the New Mexico attorney general against Meta Platforms Inc., a state court judge on Oct. 21 assessed a $25 billion penalty against Meta, which operates the social media platform Facebook, finding 43,899,720 willful violations of the New Mexico Unfair Practices Act by deceptive trade practices and five willful violations by unconscionable trade practices related to Facebook’s privacy setting that did not give users meaningful control over their data....