Meta’s $25B fine left out accountability for harm from the Cambridge Analytica data privacy scandal

A New Mexico judge’s fine hit Meta for deception about the data privacy violations, not for the harm they caused. A researcher who helped uncover the scandal explains.

新墨西哥州对Meta开出250亿美元罚单，但处罚针对的是其误导用户的行为，而非剑桥分析滥用数据造成的实际伤害。作者梳理十年诉讼与和解历程，指出Meta通过保密协议和“未知索赔”条款规避了对数据剥削后果的追责。