Court Ruling

A New Mexico court has ordered Meta to pay the state $25 billion over the Cambridge Analytica data episode, concluding that the company used platform data for political profiling and ad targeting without adequately informing users. The award sits far above the range typical of privacy litigation and is widely read as a landmark application of punitive damages in data protection.

A U.S. federal judge ruled on October 12 that the Trump administration’s taxpayer-funded government promotional ads violated appropriations law, ordering an immediate stop to broadcast. The ruling has again placed the boundaries of executive branch use of public funds under the spotlight.

In a landmark ruling, a Chinese court determined that companies firing employees to replace them with AI technology is illegal, sparking global debate on AI and labor relations.