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Enforcement · Settlement / consent order

Meta pays $459M to settle Cambridge Analytica privacy claims with four states

California

As part of a broader $17.1 billion settlement with state attorneys general over child-safety allegations, Meta agreed to pay $459.3 million specifically to resolve long-running privacy claims tied to the 2018 Cambridge Analytica scandal, in which the political consulting firm harvested Facebook users' data without authorization. California, Illinois, New Mexico, and Washington, D.C. share in the privacy portion of the settlement.

Why it matters Eight years after Cambridge Analytica broke, states are still collecting on it. This time it's $459 million, folded into an even larger settlement over Meta's design choices for kids.
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Published by Editorial on Sep 23, 2026. Not independently re-checked against the primary source — read it via the link above.

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