Meta Ordered to Pay $567M for Kids' Online Mental Health Harms
A New Mexico court has ordered Facebook and Instagram parent Meta to pay $567 million and display safety features following a landmark trial over harms to young users.
A New Mexico court in Santa Fe has ordered Meta, the parent company of Instagram and Facebook, to pay $567 million to address harms to young people and children's mental health online. The court order came late Thursday in the second phase of a landmark trial that the social media company lost in March.[1][2][3][4][6][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15]
As part of the court ruling, the judge ordered the social media giant to build banner and informational screens on its platforms. These screens must clearly explain Meta's protection features, best practices, and tools to address inappropriate comments, and Meta must display them regularly to users.[1][7]
The decision represents another setback for Meta as the company faces an avalanche of lawsuits from families of children harmed by social media platforms.[5]
