{"id":163602,"date":"2026-09-25T15:06:06","date_gmt":"2026-09-25T23:06:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2026\/09\/25\/a-seminal-moment-new-mexico-jury-finds-facebook-execs-misstated-user-data-facts\/"},"modified":"2026-09-25T15:06:06","modified_gmt":"2026-09-25T23:06:06","slug":"a-seminal-moment-new-mexico-jury-finds-facebook-execs-misstated-user-data-facts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2026\/09\/25\/a-seminal-moment-new-mexico-jury-finds-facebook-execs-misstated-user-data-facts\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;A Seminal Moment&#8217;: New Mexico Jury Finds Facebook Execs Misstated User Data Facts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Meta could face up to $219 billion in damages after a verdict finding 43 million violations of New Mexico&#8217;s unfair business practices law, said state Attorney General Rau l Torrez, based on the maximum statutory penalty of $5,000 per violation.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" align=\"left\" 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billion in damages after a verdict finding 43 million violations of New Mexico&#8217;s unfair business practices law, said state Attorney General Rau l Torrez, based on the maximum statutory penalty of $5,000 per violation.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" align=\"left\" border=\"0\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" alt=\"\" hspace=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/feeds.feedblitz.com\/~\/i\/970219667\/0\/law\/legal-news\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<div><a title=\"Add to FaceBook\" href=\"https:\/\/feeds.feedblitz.com\/_\/2\/970219667\/law\/legal-news\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"20\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.feedblitz.com\/i\/fbshare20.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/a>\u00a0<a title=\"Like on Facebook\" href=\"https:\/\/feeds.feedblitz.com\/_\/28\/970219667\/law\/legal-news\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"20\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.feedblitz.com\/i\/fblike20.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/a>\u00a0<a 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