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Meta Faces a Reported $25 Billion Privacy Penalty
· New York time
A New Mexico judge ordered Meta to pay damages after a jury found the company had exposed user data, Social Media Today reports, citing Reuters. The outlet puts the penalty at $25 billion. The legal development makes data handling a substantial business issue for a company whose platforms also serve as distribution and income infrastructure for creators. The figure is large enough to dwarf the ordinary disputes over a disappointing analytics dashboard. For people building businesses on social platforms, it is a reminder that the host company has obligations and financial exposures well beyond the next feature announcement. A content calendar may be carefully organized; the corporate courtroom calendar does not necessarily consult it first.
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