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New Mexico jury rules Meta misled state residents about data privacy

A New Mexico jury has found Meta violated the state's Unfair Practices Act and misled residents about their privacy and how the company handles misinformation, Reuters reports .

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A New Mexico jury has found Meta violated the state's Unfair Practices Act and misled residents about their privacy and how the company handles misinformation, Reuters reports . The trial was the result of a 2021 lawsuit filed by the state in response to Meta's Cambridge Analytica scandal , in which data harvested from Facebook was used to target political advertising during the 2016 election.

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