Pakistan, Oct. 23 -- A court in the US state of New Mexico ordered Meta Platforms to pay twenty-five billion dollars on Wednesday. The court found the technology giant guilty of systematically misleading Facebook users regarding personal data protection. State prosecutors proved that political consulting firm Cambridge Analytica harvested personal information from millions of users without consent. Attorney General Raul Torrez called the historic judgment one of the largest state penalty orders in American legal history. Consequently, the landmark decision imposes severe financial penalties on the social media giant for its corporate misconduct.

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