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 platforms. Lucy Hough speaks to the investigative reporter Katie McQue.

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

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.

A jury has found Meta and YouTube liable in a first-of-its-kind lawsuit that aimed to hold social media platforms responsible for harm to children using their services.

The trial was one of several that social media companies face this year and beyond.

The verdict marks the end of a five-week trial on the addictive nature of social media platforms.

Meta and Google were found liable in a landmark trial over whether social media apps like Instagram and YouTube are designed to get children addicted.

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.

A California jury has found Meta and YouTube liable for negligently designing addictive social media platforms that harm children, in a landmark verdict that could have lasting…

The ruling could be the beginning of the end of social media as we know it, writes the BBC Technology Editor Zoe Kleinman.

In a court of law, tech titans will be judged not for who they are, but what they do. We should take comfort in that