A Santa Fe jury found Friday that Meta willfully violated New Mexico's Unfair Practices Act 43,899,720 times, the Albuquerque paper The Paper reported. Each violation carries up to $5,000 in penalties, putting maximum exposure at roughly $219.5 billion.

Jurors reviewed public statements from Mark Zuckerberg, Sheryl Sandberg, and other executives across five categories — user data control, misinformation, hate speech, community-standards enforcement, and Meta's promised investigation after Cambridge Analytica — and found willful violations in all five, plus unconscionable trade practices throughout.

Attorney General Raul Torrez, who brought the case, said his team will seek the maximum penalty, which state law routes into a fund supporting New Mexico schools. The case turns 16 years of Meta privacy promises — including Zuckerberg's 2010 claim that "we do not and never will sell any of your information" — into an enforceable verdict.