New Mexico hails ‘historic’ win after jury finds firm misled consumers over safety and enabled harm against users

The lawsuit concerned allegations that Meta covered up its platforms’ impact on children's mental health and its knowledge of child exploitation online.

Jury reaches a verdict in New Mexico trial in which the state's attorney general alleged that Meta failed to safeguard its family of apps from child predators.

The owner of Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp has been found liable by a court in New Mexico.

The jury found that Meta violated New Mexico's consumer protection law and ordered the company to pay $375 million in civil penalties.

New Mexico hails ‘historic’ win after jury finds firm misled consumers over safety and enabled harm against users

The companies were ordered to pay $3 million in damages to a 20-year-old woman who brought the lawsuit.

A New Mexico jury finds Meta liable for harming children's mental health, marking a significant shift in accountability for tech companies.

The verdict marks the first time a US state has successfully sued the social media giant over child safety issues.

The tech giant was ordered to pay $375 million in damages by a Santa Fe jury, which found the company prioritized profits over safety and concealed what it knew about the harmful…

Una giuria statunitense ha stabilito che il colosso dei social media ha violato le leggi sulla tutela dei consumatori, esponendo i giovani utenti a rischi a pr…

The jury hit Meta with a $375 million verdict.

New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez plans to ask for algorithm and design changes, age verification and independent verification in the trial's next phase.

Six-week trial including whistleblowers and top executives at Meta and YouTube was first of its kind to go to trial

A court in the US has ordered Meta to pay $375m after a jury found that the company, which owns Facebook and Instagram, enabled harm including child sexual exploitation on its…

Landmark trial “shakes Big Tech to its core”; complaint argued companies knowingly designed addictive products that exposed children to harm.

The jury found Meta liable for $4.2 million in damages and Google for $1.8 million, small amounts for two of the world's most valuable companies.

Within 48 hours, the legal landscape governing social media and children shifted in ways that will take years to fully understand and verify.