Almost ten years have passed since the scandal of Cambridge Analytica revealed the dangers of providing one’s personal information via Facebook; however, now the parent company of this platform is subject to what appears to be one of the biggest fines ever issued to any business by any US state. The court order issued on October 21, 2026, requires the social network to pay a fine of $25 billion after a verdict was reached that the firm deceived consumers in relation to data privacy and other issues related to the platform.
This decision is related to a story of the controversy that started with Facebook's data gathering through the use of a third-party application.
