New York\u00a0\u2014\u00a0<\/p>\n
Meta musttighten controls on children\u2019s accounts and pay $567 million into a fund to remedy its role in a youth <a href="https:\/\/lumeamara.online\/?p=5182" title="New Mexico court orders Meta to pay $567m over harms to children\u2019s mental health<\/a>“>mental health<\/a> crisis, a New Mexico judge ordered Thursday, in a ruling that dealt the social media giant another hefty penalty and compared it to polluting factories<\/p>\n Theruling comes as Meta, along with other social media companies, face a reckoning over allegations of harms to children, including multiple lawsuits across the country<\/p>\n A jury in March had already found Meta liable on all counts in a trial on child safety, including willfully engaging in \u201cunfair and deceptive\u201d and \u201cunconscionable\u201d trade practices. That earlier decision addressed concerns from parents, whistleblowers and lawmakers alike. Meta in that ruling was ordered to pay $375 million in damages<\/p>\n New Mexico Attorney General Ra\u00fal Torrez first sued Meta in 2023. He had claimed Meta created a \u201cbreeding ground\u201d for child predators on Facebook and Instagram, which the company denied<\/p>\n Meta said in a statement Thursdaythat it disagrees with the latest ruling and will appeal<\/p>\n