Meta ordered to pay $567 million for child safety case in New Mexico

Well, this is the latest in a series of cases that have been called social media's big tobacco moment with a New Mexico judge ruling that Meta's platforms are a significant contributing factor to the youth mental health crisis. Now, Meta is ordered to pay $560 million. Most of that going to fund treatment for people harmed by its apps on top of the $375 million in civil penalties it paid as part of this trial with New Mexico earlier this year. Now, the judge is also ordering Medit to make a number of change ...