Meta Ordered to Pay $25 Billion Over Cambridge Analytica Privacy Violations NYT - Technology By: Eli Tan and Cecilia Kang 21 October 2026 at 19:57 The penalty, one of the largest levied against the tech giant, stemmed from a lawsuit by New Mexico claiming the social media company had misled users about their data privacy. Β© Gabriela Bhaskar/The New York TimesMetaβs annual Meta Connect event at the companyβs Menlo Park, Calif., campus.