Meta ordered to pay $25 billion in case related to Cambridge Analytica scandal

A US court has ordered Meta to pay $25 billion in damages related to a case involving the Cambridge Analytica scandal, which centered on the company's data privacy practices. The case, which recently went to trial, relates to the data of approximately 87 million Facebook users being harvested by Cambridge Analytica without their consent. This was done in order to create targeted political advertisements during the 2016 US presidential election. The court's decision is the latest development in the ongoing saga of Meta's handling of user data.