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The Albanese government is doubling down on its defence of Snowy Hydro 2.0 as Australia’s critical clean-energy backbone.

Meta will appeal a ruling imposing the largest fine Mark Zuckerberg has ever seen.

The cost of the Commonwealth government’s Snowy 2.0 mega-project has exploded from an estimated $6 billion to $25 billion.

The tech giant has been accused of misleading users regarding data privacy linked to the Cambridge Analytica scandal.

Company strikes deal with Zuckerberg to keep CEO in California

A judge in New Mexico has ordered Meta to pay $25 billion to the state after a jury found last month that the social media giant had deceived users in a case related to the Cambridge Analytica scandal.

A judge orders Meta to pay New Mexico $US25 billion after a jury found the company liable for deceiving users about privacy on Facebook.

A New Mexico judge has ordered Meta to pay the state $25 billion after a jury found the company deceived users in a case related to the Cambridge Analytica Read More: https://punchng.com/cambridge-analytica-case-judge-orders-meta-to-pay-25bn-to-new-mexico/

A jury found Meta guilty of lying to Facebook users in ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠New Mexico about access to their data.

New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez said it was one of the largest, if not the largest, single state verdict against the company in American history.

The payout is related to a recent trial involving the social media giant that revolved around its data privacy practices.

The fine is the largest to date against Facebook's owner, larger than an $18bn deal with California.