New Mexico court orders Meta to pay $567m over harms to children’s mental health

Source: www.theguardian.com · Section: headlines · Bias: Center-Left · Published: Fri, 07 Aug 2026 02:24:50 GMT

Ruling comes as part of second phase of landmark trial that found social media company enabled harm against usersA New Mexico court has ordered Meta, the parent company of Facebook, to pay $567m into a fund aimed at redressing adverse mental health impacts from the social media giant’s platforms.The Thursday ruling comes as a part of the second phase of a landmark trial the social media giant lost in March. At the time, a jury found that the company knowingly harmed children’s mental health and concealed what it knew about child sexual exploitation on its platforms, and imposed the maximum penalty: a $375m fine. Continue reading...

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Center: Court orders Meta and Instagram to pay $567M to address kids' mental health — www.cbsnews.com
Center-Left: Court orders Meta to pay an additional $567 million in New Mexico child safety case — www.engadget.com
Center-Right: Meta told to pay nearly $1bn penalty over social media harm to children — www.ft.com
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