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USA: New Mexico case against Meta over alleged mishandling of personal data to Cambridge Analytica
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On 8 September 2026, the trial in a case brought by the state of New Mexico against Meta over the company’s alleged mishandling of the personal data of 350,000 New Mexicans began. According to the lawsuit, the data was handed off to political consulting firm Cambridge Analytica and used to target voters and influence the 2016 US elections.
On 25 September 2026, the New Mexico jury found Facebook liable for over 43 million violations of the state’s consumer protection law, alleging that the platform deceived users about its privacy protections and the handling of third-party access to user data.
Facebook has denied the claims.