Meta ordered to pay $942 million to address harm to kids from social media

newsAug 6, 202625718

A New Mexico judge ordered Meta Platforms to pay a total of $942 million and to impose new safety measures for underage users of Facebook and Instagram. The ruling requires Meta to create a new $567 million abatement fund in addition to $375 million in civil penalties that a jury previously awarded. The judge also directed Meta to limit how long underage users in New Mexico can spend on its apps, hide like counts by default for those users, and disclose platform risks to them. The decision increases the financial cost of the landmark child safety verdict against Meta and labels concrete operational changes the company must implement in the state. The New Mexico ruling comes as a separate multistate trial brought by four attorneys general prepares to begin jury selection in Oakland next week, potentially extending legal exposure for Meta.

Angry Byrd

@tylerbigbyrd.bsky.social

Has anyone checked up on Mark, he might be having a rough day. Not being able to continue to hurt children on purpose. apnews.com/article/meta...

4918h ago

Solilequn11

Fines are just a fee for the wealthy. He should be in prison.

minormusings.bsky.social2

Unfortunately that is chump change for him.

kenofseattle2

How about those 500 fake Russian accounts that bought $100,000 of advertising to support Trump's campaign? Have we forgotten about that? Facebook is just another fascist cesspool.

Philip Walz1

He has a 13% share of META. So he's on the hook for $74M. That's 0.037 % of his wealth.

hulkling 86 471

good start hopefully similar outcomes for all the lawsuits

Republicans Are Traitors1

They will of course appeal the judgement and get it knocked down to a much smaller amount.

John Rogers

@johnrogers.bsky.social

A fine is a price. In this case a tiny, tiny price. www.wsj.com/tech/meta-or...

1108h ago

Tim Mathews

@timmathews.bsky.social

Meta’s market cap is $1.5 trillion. This is like fining me $10 for doing something that earns me $15,000. www.wsj.com/tech/meta-or...

359h ago

Scott Horton

@robertscotthorton.bsky.social

$942 million is hardly sufficient to redress the damage Zuckerberg and company have done, but remember, this is just for New Mexico. www.wsj.com/tech/meta-or...

437h ago

Hal

@heyfriend-1.bsky.social

Meta ordered to pay $942 million to address harm to kids from social media - The Wall Street Journal apple.news/Aa-Df0EOFTI6...

49h ago

Wait, what?!

@whyisthat.bsky.social

Read "Court orders Instagram and Facebook’s Meta to pay $567M to address kids’ mental health online" on SmartNews: l.smartnews.com/p-8fGW1PwY/L...

68h ago

Anonymous ⩜

@youranona.bsky.social

Meta branded a public nuisance in New Mexico like factory smog for algorithms steering kids into predation while claiming teen safeguards yet owes another $567m to mend the unchecked toll. #NuisanceProfit

36h ago

Christopher Terry

@christopherterry.bsky.social

BREAKING: Meta Owes Another $567M To Address Harm To NM Kids www.law360.com/classaction/...

38h ago

John Shirley

@johnshirley2024.bsky.social

"company knowingly harmed children’s mental health and concealed what it knew about child sexual exploitation...prosecutors asked the judge to impose fundamental changes at Meta aimed at reining in addictive features, improving age verification and preventing child sexual exploitation"

69h ago

JMay🍁⚖️🏝️🏖️🪖🇨🇦

@bubbles9333.bsky.social

New Mexico court orders Meta to pay $567 million over mental health harms to kids online www.pbs.org/newshour/nat...

37h ago

Glenna Prowant 🚫👑 🌮

@brewitchin.bsky.social

A New Mexico court has ordered Instagram and Facebook parent company Meta to pay $567 million to address harms to young people from its platforms in the second phase of a landmark trial.

38h ago

Blue Dot in Red State

@bluedotin.bsky.social

(WSJ) This is going to hurt one of Trump's Billionaire friends.... www.wsj.com/tech/meta-or...

29h ago

Castanet.net

@castanet.net

Court orders Instagram and Facebook's Meta to pay $567M to address kids' mental health online (Business)

28h ago

lizbauch.bsky.social

@lizbauch.bsky.social

The New Mexico case was the first to test questions about whether social-media companies should be held responsible for content on their platforms.The next trial, brought by four state attorneys general, begins jury selection in Oakland, Calif., next week. www.wsj.com/tech/meta-or...

7h ago

nfariousactivities.bsky.social

@nfariousactivities.bsky.social

New Mexico—“The new penalty [$567m] is in addition to the $375 million in civil penalties that jurors ordered against Meta in March after determining the company knowingly harmed children’s mental health and concealed what it knew about child sexual exploitation on its platforms.” 2025 profit—$60b

27h ago

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