Meta won its case in December after a ruling that the spyware company used Pegasus to target "over a thousand" WhatsApp users.

The case caps a six-year battle between the social media giant and the surveillance firm, casting an unusual amount of light on the spyware industry.

In a landmark decision, a U.S. federal jury in California on Tuesday ordered Israeli spyware firm NSO Group to pay nearly $168 million in punitive damages