Meta ordered to pay $567 million in New Mexico for teen mental health fund
- 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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Because of a lack of child protection, a court in the U.S. state of New Mexico has sentenced the company Meta to a penalty of more than half a billion dollars.
Among the measures imposed by the judge also the introduction of specific features, such as the default setting that hides the number of "likes" on the photos of underage users.
Meta, the company behind Instagram and Facebook, must pay $567 million (approximately €492 million) and make its platforms safer for young users. A court in the US state of New Mexico has ruled that Meta is responsible for harm to children's mental health. The judge decided that the largest portion of the amount, $420 million, will go to services that treat young people with mental health issues. The remainder of the money is intended for educat…
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