New Delhi, Oct. 22 -- Meta has been ordered to pay $25 billion for misleading New Mexico residents about privacy. The court penalty follows findings involving user information and harmful content on its services. The case grew from the Cambridge Analytica scandal, which emerged in 2018.

A Santa Fe jury found Meta liable in September. It concluded that the company had misled residents about how it collected and protected their personal data, CNBC reported. Jurors also found misleading claims about preventing the spread of harmful information.

The jury found an "extraordinary number of willful violations". They identified more than 43 million such violations of New Mexico's unfair practices act. Each violation carried a possible civil pen...