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Eight Years On, Cambridge Analytica Scandal Catches Up With Meta in Santa Fe

Tech Policy Press · Justin Hendrix · last updated

On Friday, a jury in Santa Fe, New Mexico, found that Meta, formerly Facebook, misled the public in statements about the Cambridge Analytica data privacy scandal and its policies on hate speech, violence and misinformation. Jurors found 26 of 29 public claims by Facebook and its executives willfully deceptive, including nine concerning its response to the Cambridge Analytica scandal.

Both Meta founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg and former chief operating officer Sheryl Sandberg were deposed ahead of the trial, and the state played the videos of the depositions for jurors during the trial, which started on Sept. 8. State attorney Randi McGinn questioned Zuckerberg largely about content moderation, including the company’s “cross-check” list that gave high-profile users such as politicians and celebrities special review. She queried Sandberg on the company’s messaging on privacy, the app developer investigation it promised after the Cambridge Analytica scandal, and its handling of hate speech and misinformation.

 

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