Meta ordered to pay $25 billion to New Mexico in data privacy case

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Meta ordered to pay $25 billion to New Mexico in data privacy case

Oct 21, 3 PM ET to Oct 24, 9 AM ET · 1 outlet not rated for lean

31outlets carried it
🫏14 · 7 · 9🐘left · center · right
2.8 dayson the front pages
30front pages at once, at its peak
24 minof TV captions
17radio newscasts
17people retold it online

👣 How this story traveled: from the front pages that broke it, out through TV, radio and the shows, into what people retold and what fact-checkers examined, and on into the saga it is part of. Everything here is matched to the story by our tools, so a link can be wrong; the trackers' pages say how each is made.

Oct 21, 3 PM ETfirst on a front page: HuffPost
Oct 21, 3 PM ETfirst on the radio: NPR News Now
Oct 21, 4 PM ETfirst on TV: BBC News
Oct 22, 1 PM ETpeak: on 30 front pages
Oct 23, 8 AM ETretold online by 17 people

the front pages that ran it, hour by hour

Front pages carrying it at each hourly run, Oct 21, 3 PM to Oct 24, 9 AM ET (peak 30), by the outlets' lean: left · center · right · not rated

Who carried it and when: each outlet in the order it picked the story up, a bar for each headline from when we first saw it on the front page to when we last did, in the outlet's lean color (dashed: not rated); a dot marks a new headline. Beneath, its captions on TV, the radio newscasts that carried it (bigger: the lead) and when people were found retelling it. Hover for details.

📡 wire copy: 4 outlets ran the AP, Reuters headline nearly word for word (CBS News, NBC News, New York Times, The Wall Street Journal)

📌 linked by aggregators: Google News Drudge Report

💬 quoted: “lies”

🗣️ only one side says: 🫏 deceiving users

✏️ 10 outlets ran more than one headline on it (reworded, or a follow-up)

ABC News (2 wordings): “Meta ordered to pay New Mexico $25 billion for consumer protection violations” → “Meta ordered to pay New Mexico $25 billion”
AP (2 wordings): “Meta ordered to pay New Mexico $25 billion for deceiving users about privacy on Facebook” → “Meta ordered to pay New Mexico $25 billion for deceiving users about privacy on Facebook - AP News”
Breitbart (2 wordings): “New Mexico Judge Orders Meta To Pay $25 Billion in Cambridge Analytica Case” → “New Mexico Judge Orders Meta To Pay $25 Billion”
Business Insider (3 wordings): “Meta ordered to pay $25 billion penalty over the Cambridge Analytica case” → “Meta ordered to pay a $25 billion penalty over New Mexico class action suit”
CNN (2 wordings): “Meta ordered to pay $25 billion in New Mexico case over Cambridge Analytica scandal” → “Meta ordered to pay $25 billion in New Mexico case over Cambridge Analytica scandal The ruling marks one of the largest legal penalties for a tech giant — and the latest court loss for Meta this year”
NBC News (2 wordings): “Meta ordered to pay $25 billion to New Mexico after jury finds it misled consumers about data privacy” → “Meta to pay $25B to New Mexico after jury finds it misled consumers about data privacy”
New York Times (2 wordings): “Meta Ordered to Pay $25 Billion for Deceiving Users on Privacy” → “Meta Ordered to Pay $25 Billion Over Cambridge Analytica Privacy Violations”
Red State (3 wordings): “Meta Gets a $25 Billion Bill. New Mexico Wanted More. Ben Smith” → “Meta Gets a $25 Billion Bill. New Mexico Wanted More.”
Reuters (2 wordings): “Meta ordered to pay $25 billion to New Mexico after jury finds company misled consumers about data privacy” → “Meta ordered to pay $25 billion penalty to New Mexico in data privacy case”
The Wall Street Journal (2 wordings): “Meta Ordered to Pay $25 Billion to New Mexico in Data-Privacy Case” → “The Morning Risk Report: Meta Ordered to Pay $25 Billion to New Mexico in Data-Privacy Case”

Every outlet's first headline (31), left to right by AllSides rating

HuffPost Meta Hit With $25 Billion Judgment For Deceiving New Mexico Users About Privacy Oct 21, 3 PM ET
The Guardian Meta ordered to pay $25bn to New Mexico in Cambridge Analytica data-privacy case Oct 21, 3 PM ET
ABC News Meta ordered to pay New Mexico $25 billion for consumer protection violations Oct 21, 8 PM ET
AP Meta ordered to pay New Mexico $25 billion for deceiving users about privacy on Facebook Oct 21, 3 PM ET
Axios Meta hit with $25 billion penalty for misleading Facebook users Oct 21, 2 PM ET
Business Insider Meta ordered to pay $25 billion penalty over the Cambridge Analytica case Oct 21, 3 PM ET
CBS News Meta ordered to pay $25 billion to New Mexico in data privacy ruling Oct 21, 3 PM ET
CNN Meta ordered to pay $25 billion in New Mexico case over Cambridge Analytica scandal Oct 21, 6 PM ET
Mediaite JUST IN: Meta Ordered to Pay Whopping $25 Billion Privacy Breach Settlement Oct 21, 3 PM ET
NBC News Meta ordered to pay $25 billion to New Mexico after jury finds it misled consumers about data privacy Oct 21, 11 PM ET
New York Times Meta Ordered to Pay $25 Billion for Deceiving Users on Privacy Oct 21, 2 PM ET
PBS NewsHour Meta must pay New Mexico $25 billion, its biggest fine ever, for deceiving users about Facebook privacy Oct 21, 4 PM ET
The Independent Meta forced to pay $25 billion penalty to New Mexico over Facebook privacy scandal Oct 21, 3 PM ET
Yahoo News Meta ordered to pay $25 billion after jury finds company liable for deceiving users Oct 21, 5 PM ET
BBC Meta fined $25bn for 'lies' over user data privacy Oct 21, 3 PM ET
Fortune New Mexico took on Meta alone and won a $25 billion judgment over Facebook’s privacy violations Oct 21, 3 PM ET
Newsweek Meta’s Biggest Legal Settlements After $25B Trump Campaign Data Penalty Oct 22, 2 AM ET
Reuters Meta ordered to pay $25 billion to New Mexico after jury finds company misled consumers about data privacy Oct 21, 3 PM ET
Straight Arrow News Meta to pay $25B to New Mexico for deceiving customers in latest legal loss Oct 21, 3 PM ET
The Hill Judge orders Meta to pay New Mexico $25B in Cambridge Analytica case Oct 21, 6 PM ET
WSJ Meta Ordered to Pay $25 Billion to New Mexico in Data-Privacy Case Oct 21, 3 PM ET
The Epoch Times Meta Ordered to Pay New Mexico $25 Billion Over Misleading Privacy Claims Oct 22, 6 AM ET
The Washington Times Meta ordered to pay $25 billion for violating New Mexico’s consumer protection law Oct 22, 1 PM ET
Breitbart New Mexico Judge Orders Meta To Pay $25 Billion in Cambridge Analytica Case Oct 22, 1 PM ET
IJR Meta Ordered to Pay New Mexico $25 Billion Oct 21, 5 PM ET
New York Post Meta ordered to pay $25B to New Mexico in Cambridge Analytica scandal over user data in 2016 election Oct 21, 2 PM ET
Newsmax Meta Paying New Mexico $25 Billion Over Facebook Privacy Oct 21, 3 PM ET
Red State Meta Gets a $25 Billion Bill. New Mexico Wanted More. Ben Smith Oct 22, 8 AM ET
The Gateway Pundit JUST IN: Meta Ordered to Pay $25 Billion Penalty for Misleading Facebook Users About Data Privacy Oct 21, 4 PM ET
The Western Journal BREAKING: Meta Forced to Pay $25 Billion Settlement for Privacy Breach Oct 21, 7 PM ET
Crooks and Liars Meta Ordered To Pay $25 Billion For Lying About Data Privacy Oct 23, 12 PM ET

TV, radio, and the shows that talked about it

📺 On TV

BBC News17 min

CNN6 min

Fox News58 s

Meta fined $25bn for 'lies' over user data privacy BBC News, 7 min
Meta fined $25bn in New Mexico privacy case BBC News, 3 min
Meta faces $25bn fine BBC News, 3 min
Meta ordered to pay New Mexico $25 billion in data privacy case BBC News, 2 min
META ORDERED TO PAY $25B IN NEW MEXICO DATA PRIVACY CASE CNN, 2 min
META HIT WITH $25B FINE FOR MISLEADING USERS ON PRIVACY CNN, 70 s
META HIT WITH $25B FINE FOR MISLEADING USERS ON PRIVACY. Lori Schwartz | CEO and Founder, StoryTech CNN, 70 s
META V. NEW MEXICO. TECH GIANT ORDERED TO PAY STATE $25B IN PRIVACY SUIT Fox News, 58 s

📻 On the radio

NPR News Now, Oct 22, 7:10 AM ET: story 4 of 7
ABC News Update, Oct 22, 4:32 AM ET: story 2 of 3
NPR News Now, Oct 22, 4:10 AM ET: story 5 of 7
ABC News Update, Oct 22, 3:32 AM ET: the lead
NPR News Now, Oct 22, 3:09 AM ET: story 4 of 7
ABC News Update, Oct 22, 2:32 AM ET: story 2 of 3
NPR News Now, Oct 22, 2:10 AM ET: story 4 of 6
NPR News Now, Oct 22, 1:09 AM ET: story 7 of 8
ABC News Update, Oct 22, 12:32 AM ET: story 2 of 3
NPR News Now, Oct 22, 12:09 AM ET: story 5 of 8
ABC News Update, Oct 21, 11:32 PM ET: the lead
NPR News Now, Oct 21, 11:10 PM ET: story 5 of 6

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🧩 How it's being told

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🧩 Corporate accountability 🧶 online
“A judge ordered Meta to pay $25 billion for deceiving users about privacy.”

🧶 Retold online

A judge ordered Meta to pay $25 billion for deceiving users about privacy. Oct 23: told by 17 people; told before on Oct 22
🦋 Widely seen on Bluesky

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On Folklore: the latest in full, with their motifs and who is telling them.

🗣️ names in it: New Mexico Meta Cambridge Analytica

what the fact-checkers looked into

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the running story it belongs to

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