New Mexico Jury Finds Meta Liable for Harming Children's Mental Health
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A New Mexico jury found Meta liable for knowingly harming children's mental health and concealing knowledge about child sexual exploitation on its platforms. The landmark verdict represents a significant legal challenge to tech companies and signals increased government willingness to regulate social media platforms. The case focused on Meta's alleged violations of state consumer protection laws by creating addictive features that harm young users while hiding what it knew about platform risks.
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The landmark decision comes after a nearly seven-week trial, and as jurors in a federal court in California have been sequestered in deliberations for more than a week about whether Meta and YouTube should be liable in a similar case
New Mexico jurors sided with state prosecutors who argued that Meta — which operates Facebook and Instagram — violated the state's consumer protection law by creating addictive features that harm children
The verdict signals a changing tide against tech companies and the government's willingness to crack down
A New Mexico jury finds that social media conglomerate Meta is harmful to children’s mental health and in violation of state consumer protection law.
