On Oct. 21, 2026, New Mexico Judge Francis Mathew ordered Meta to pay $25 billion after a September jury found the company misled Facebook users about data privacy. Axios reports he calculated a statutory maximum of $219.5 billion from 43,899,720 violations at $5,000 each, then reduced the penalty to $25 billion. Meta chief legal officer C.J. Mahoney told Axios the company is confident it will prevail on appeal.
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