Meta Ordered to Pay $567M in New Mexico Child Explotation Lawsuit
A New Mexico court has ordered Meta to pay $567 million for failing to warn the public about the dangers its social media platforms posed to children. The judgment is in addition to the $375 million the Instagram and Facebook parent company was ordered to pay in March as part of the trial’s first phase.
In a ruling late Thursday, Judge Bryan Biedcheid wrote that New Mexico teens are in the midst of a mental health crisis and found that “Meta’s platforms are a significant contributing cause to the crisis.” The $567 million will fund awareness and prevention, screening and assessment, and referral programs, with the bulk — $420 million — going to treatment.
Biedscheid’s ruling called Facebook’s platforms a “public nuisance” and compared Meta to a factory, with advertising and other content displayed on the platforms as its product and “the psychological harm and sexual exploitation of children to...
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