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Meta ordered to pay $567 million in New Mexico for teen mental health fund
The order adds age checks, account limits and reporting tools after jurors found Meta harmed children and concealed risks on its platforms.
- On Thursday, Chief District Court Judge Bryan Biedscheid of the New Mexico First Judicial District Court ordered Meta to pay $567m and implement strict safety measures for teenage users on Facebook and Instagram.
- This ruling follows a two-phase trial brought by New Mexico Attorney General Torrez, where a jury previously fined Meta $375 million for 75,000 violations of the New Mexico Unfair Practices Act.
- To address the youth mental health crisis, the court mandated a 90-hour monthly usage cap for users under 18 and required Meta to hide like counts and prohibit unconnected adults from messaging minors.
- The $567m fund will support treatment, awareness, and prevention services over a five-year period, with $420 million specifically allocated for youth mental health treatment.
- While Judge Biedscheid labeled Meta a "public nuisance" akin to pollution, federal law limits the court's ability to enforce age-verification tools on children under 13.
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Meta is supposed to pay a million dollars for damaged children. It's high time that the state intervenes and parents don't leave alone anymore.
·Berlin, Germany
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Facebook parent company Meta has been sentenced in the United States to a fine of $ 567 million for endangering mental health by children, which is another setback for the company.
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Meta ordered to pay $567M to address kids’ mental health
Meta, the parent company to Facebook and Instagram, has been ordered by a New Mexico court to pay $567 million as a result of a legal case which found the company knowingly harmed children’s mental health.
·New York, United States
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