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Oct 22 · Judge orders Meta to pay New Mexico $25 billion in privacy case

New York Post: Meta slapped with $25B penalty in Cambridge Analytica case in New Mexico, latest legal setback

Grade D (64/100). Penalty math, an outside legal expert and Meta's appeal vow

Lehrer score 64/100 (−24 factual error: US District Judge Francis Mathew (he is a state district court judge: CNN, Oct 21, 'State District Court Judge Francis Mathew'); −12 loaded wording: bombshell ruling). Fixed scale: 90+ A, 80s B, 70s C, 60s D, under 60 F → D.

US District Judge Francis Mathew (he is a state district court judge: CNN, Oct 21, 'State District Court Judge Francis Mathew'); bombshell ruling

Splits: Penalty math, an outside legal expert and Meta's appeal vow

  • Broken. Rule: factual error (US District Judge Francis Mathew (he is a state district court judge: CNN, Oct 21, 'State District Court Judge Francis Mathew'))
  • Broken. Rule: loaded wording (bombshell ruling)

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