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The Federal Trade Commission and 22 state attorneys general have publicly released additional, previously redacted allegations in their enforcement case against Amazon, offering a more detailed look at claims that the company manipulated advertising auctions and drove up prices paid by advertisers. The newly visible allegations sharpen the factual contours of one of the most consequential antitrust and unfair-practices cases now pending against a major technology platform.
According to the agencies, Amazon’s ad-auction practices did more than affect internal marketplace mechanics: they allegedly distorted pricing in a way that harmed advertisers purchasing access to consumers on Amazon’s platform.
A New Mexico state judge has ordered Meta to pay $25 billion after a jury found the company liable for deceiving Facebook users about privacy practices in litigation tied to the Cambridge Analytica fallout. The ruling, issued by Judge Francis J. Mathew in New Mexico state district court, is notable not just because of the underlying allegations, but because of the sheer size of the award—placing it among the most significant privacy-related judgments ever entered against a technology company.
The case centers on claims that Facebook users were misled about how their personal data would be accessed, shared, and exploited, issues that became globally prominent after revelations involving Cambridge Analytica.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit has cleared the way for Florida to enforce a closely watched law restricting social-media access for children, handing the state a significant interim win in one of the country’s most important battles over youth online regulation.
The ruling allows Florida to implement a statute that bars certain social-media accounts for children under 14 and imposes additional rules governing minors’ access and account features.
A New Mexico jury has delivered a striking win for state tech enforcement, finding that Meta willfully lied on 26 separate occasions in a case centered on data privacy, hate speech, misinformation, and the company’s post-Cambridge Analytica investigation of third-party app developers. The verdict stands out not just for its breadth, but for the jury’s apparent willingness to treat alleged misstatements across multiple content and privacy issues as part of a larger pattern of deceptive conduct.
For legal observers, the significance goes beyond the headlines.

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