New Mexico DOJ backs the $25 billion Facebook penalty
New Mexico Department of JusticeAttorney General Raúl Torrez, speaking for New Mexico DOJ
New Mexico DOJ defends the penalty as accountability for consumer-protection violations.
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The $25 billion penalty is justified by Meta's repeated, willful consumer-protection violations.
“Today’s result makes clear that no corporation is too powerful to be held accountable.”
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Meta disputes New Mexico's $25 billion penalty over Facebook statements
A New Mexico judge ordered Meta to pay $25 billion following a jury verdict on misleading consumer representations. Attorney General Raúl Torrez calls the penalty accountability for violations of state law. Meta calls the case a tax on speech and says it expects to prevail on appeal.
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The attorney general presents the judgment as consumer accountability. The release comes from the party that brought the case.
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The signed judgment distinguishes the jury's liability findings from the court's civil-penalty award. It concerns the privacy and consumer-representations case.
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Axios quotes Meta's chief legal officer criticizing the case and saying the company expects to prevail on appeal.
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Torrez speaks after the court's $25 billion penalty order.
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Meta disputes the enforcement approach and says it expects to prevail on appeal.
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The department supports the penalty that this case examines.
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Read the full caseMeta calls New Mexico's lawsuit a tax on speech
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“At its core, this lawsuit seeks to impose a tax on speech to enforce new rules for what people can say online.”Read statement
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The Dispute Index. "New Mexico DOJ backs the $25 billion Facebook penalty". First published: 2026-10-22. Last updated: 2026-10-22. https://disputeindex.com/events/6445-new-mexico-doj-defends-the-penalty-as-accountability