Meta faces ₹20.64 lakh cr penalty after losing privacy trial in US

Meta misled users about privacy protections linked to Cambridge Analytica scandal, a court in US' New Mexico found. The verdict followed a 2021 lawsuit that alleged data from millions of Facebook profiles was obtained without proper consent and used for political targeting. Meta faces maximum penalty of $5,000 per count across 43 million violations, totalling over ₹20.64 lakh crore.