Jury reaches verdict in major Meta child safety trial in New Mexico

A jury has reached a verdict in a major New Mexico trial in which the state's attorney general alleged that Meta failed to safeguard its family of apps from child predators.The civil trial, in which opening arguments began on Feb. 9 in a Santa Fe courthouse, centers on allegations that Meta violated state consumer protections laws and misled residents about the safety of apps like Facebook and Instagram. New Mexico attorney general Raúl Torrez sued Meta in 2023 following an undercover operation involving th ...