Instagram and Facebook owner Meta ordered to pay £280m for knowingly harming children

Meta, the owner of Facebook, Instagram and Whatsapp, has been ordered to pay $375m (£280m) in damages after it was found to have knowingly harmed children's mental health. In what was described by campaigners as a "watershed moment", a court in New Mexico, USA, has found the company had concealed what it knew about child sexual exploitation on its social media platforms. The verdict marks the first time a jury has ruled on such claims against Meta, as the tech giant faces a wave of lawsuits over how its pla ...