Meta’s $25B fine left out accountability for the Cambridge Analytica data privacy scandal

Meta was ordered to pay a $25 billion fine in a New Mexico case regarding Facebook's handling of the Cambridge Analytica scandal. However, the penalty was specifically for Meta's deceptive statements about data privacy practices and its response to the scandal, rather than for the actual harm caused by Cambridge Analytica's use of harvested user data for political targeting. The article contends that this distinction means accountability for the broader harms—including psychological exploitation and voter suppression—remains incomplete.

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