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New Mexico v Meta Platforms Inc (Facebook privacy)

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Case Information
Case name State of New Mexico ex rel. Torrez v. Meta Platforms, Inc. (Facebook privacy)[1]
Court First Judicial District Court, Santa Fe County, New Mexico[1]
Docket D-101-CV-2021-00132[1]
Filed 2021; exact filing day not verified in the reviewed judgment[1]
Judge(s) Francis J. Mathew[1]
Plaintiffs State of New Mexico ex rel. Attorney General Raúl Torrez[1]
Defendants Meta Platforms, Inc., formerly Facebook, Inc.[1]
Case type State consumer-protection enforcement[1]
Claims / issues Misrepresentations about Facebook user data, third-party access, content moderation and equal enforcement under the New Mexico Unfair Practices Act[1]
Status October 21, 2026: $25 billion civil penalty imposed; injunction issues reserved for further briefing. Meta reportedly plans to appeal; filing of an appeal has not been verified.[1][2]

New Mexico v. Meta Platforms (Facebook privacy) is the 2021 state consumer-protection case concerning Facebook’s public representations about users’ information and platform practices. It is separate from New Mexico’s 2023 child-safety and public-nuisance case.[1]

October 21, 2026 judgment

Judge Francis J. Mathew entered findings, conclusions and judgment following a jury verdict finding 43,899,725 willful Unfair Practices Act violations. The court calculated $219,498,600,000 in penalties at $5,000 per unfair-or-deceptive violation, then reduced the penalty to $25 billion. The decree provides 15 percent annual interest and reserves injunctive relief pending further briefing.[1]

The findings concern repeated representations between 2010 and 2021 about control of user data, access by third-party applications, Facebook’s investigation after Cambridge Analytica, misinformation, hate speech and equal enforcement. They describe the company’s internal knowledge and practices; the judgment does not decide the separate child-safety case.[1]

Appeal plans

PPC Land reported that Meta had said it planned to appeal the September verdict. An announced intention to appeal is distinct from a filed appeal or an appellate ruling.[2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 Findings of fact, conclusions of law and judgment, No. D-101-CV-2021-00132, October 21, 2026, pp. 1–20, hosted by plaintiffs’ co-counsel DiCello Levitt
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Luis Rijo, PPC Land, October 21, 2026, reporting the judgment and Meta’s appeal plans
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