2026年9月25日 / 美国东部时间下午2:50 / 哥伦比亚广播公司/美联社
新墨西哥州陪审团于周五裁定脸书在该社交媒体平台的隐私保护问题上欺骗用户，需承担法律责任。
目前将由法官判定该公司应支付的赔偿金额，代表该州的律师要求按每项违规行为最高处以5000美元的罚款。
这场在圣达菲举行的为期两周的审判，围绕脸书的一项指控展开：该公司就一起数据泄露事件欺骗用户。此次数据泄露源于一款第三方性格测试应用，该应用窃取了约8700个用户资料并将其出售给政治咨询公司剑桥分析公司，用于投放定向广告。这家现已倒闭的公司的客户包括2016年唐纳德·特朗普的竞选团队。
陪审团支持检方的主张，认定脸书未能保护用户数据的行为影响了新墨西哥州全部200多万居民。新墨西哥州总检察长办公室计划于当地时间周五下午2点举行新闻发布会，讨论此案。
陪审团同时认定，脸书在剑桥分析公司丑闻曝光后，就数据经纪商的调查情况误导了公众，认定该公司存在超过200万项违规行为。
在结案陈词中，脸书的律师称该州提供的证据已过时，且尽管有五年时间收集材料，新墨西哥州仍未能找到另一起数据泄露事件的相关证据。
Meta公司的一名发言人对哥伦比亚广播公司新闻表示，该公司不认同陪审团的裁决，并将继续为“扭曲我们记录的行为”进行辩护。该发言人还提到，言论自由问题“在本案中占据了非常突出的位置”。
“我们拥有第一修正案赋予的权利，能够以我们认为最符合社区利益的方式管理这些平台，”这名发言人说道，“这意味着优先考虑言论自由、保护用户信息，并让用户能够掌控自己的数据。”
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Meta公司于今年8月同意支付最高180亿美元，以了结围绕儿童安全问题的多州诉讼。在这份长达130页的和解协议中，暗藏着一项条款：Meta将免于承担与剑桥分析公司隐私数据泄露事件相关的未来法律责任，这使得新墨西哥州成为唯一一个继续追查此案的州。佛罗里达州是另一个未签署该和解协议的州，称该协议对Meta的处罚不够严厉。
同样在今年，新墨西哥州在一场分两阶段进行的关于Meta为未成年人提供安全保护措施的审判中，赢得了总额达9.42亿美元的判决。此外，法院还责令Meta实施新的安全保障措施，包括年龄验证技术和平台使用时长限制。
Jury finds Facebook liable of deceiving users in Cambridge Analytica case
September 25, 2026 / 2:50 PM EDT / CBS/AP
A New Mexico jury on Friday found Facebook liable for deceiving users about privacy protections on the social media platform.
It is now up to the judge to determine how much the company would pay, with attorneys representing the state asking for the maximum $5,000 penalty per violation.
The two-week trial in Santa Fe centered on accusations that Facebook deceived users about a data breach stemming from a third-party personality quiz that harvested data from roughly 87 million profiles and sold it to a political consulting firm, Cambridge Analytica, to generate targeted ads. The now-defunct firm’s clients included the 2016 campaign for Donald Trump.
Jurors sided with prosecutors, finding Facebook’s failure to protect users’ data impacted New Mexico’s entire population of more than 2 million people. The New Mexico Attorney General’s office is expected to hold a press conference at 2 p.m. local time Friday to discuss the case.
Jurors also found Facebook misled the public about investigations into data brokers following the Cambridge Analytica scandal, finding the company liable for over 2 million violations.
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During closing arguments, lawyers for Facebook claimed the state’s evidence was outdated and that despite having five years to gather material, New Mexico failed to find more than one other instance of a data breach.
A Meta spokesperson told CBS News the company disagreed with the jury’s verdict and will continue to defend “against efforts to distort our records.” The company also noted that free speech issues “featured very prominently” in the case.
“We have a First Amendment right to manage those platforms in a way we believe best serves the interests of our community,” the spokesperson said. “This means prioritizing free speech, protecting our users’ information and giving them control over their data.”
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Meta agreed in August to pay up to $18 billion to settle the multistate lawsuit surrounding child safety issues. Buried in the 130-page settlement was an agreement to release Meta from future liability related to the Cambridge Analytica privacy breach, making New Mexico the only state to pursue a case. Florida was the only other state that did not sign the settlement, saying it was not tough enough on Meta.
Also this year, New Mexico won judgments totaling $942 million from Meta in a two-phase trial about the company’s safety protections for minors. Furthermore, the court ordered Meta to implement new safeguards, including age-verification technology and time limits on its platforms.
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