World News updates: Court orders Meta to pay $567 million to address kids’ mental health and safety on its platforms
US court orders Meta to pay USD 567 million to address kids’ mental health and safety on its platforms. (File Photo)
From tighter immigration rules in Washington to a fresh legal setback for Big Tech, courts and governments on both sides of the Atlantic are making headlines this week. In the latest, a New Mexico court has dealt Meta one of the largest child-safety penalties yet handed to a social media company, ordering it to pay out more than half a billion dollars.
A New Mexico judge has ordered Meta, the parent company of Instagram and Facebook, to pay USD 567 million to address the harm its platforms have caused young users, according to the Associated Press. The ruling, issued late Thursday by Judge Bryan Biedscheid, marks the second phase of a case Meta had already lost back in March.
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Most of the money USD 420 million will go toward funding treatment services for affected young people. The remaining amount is earmarked for awareness campaigns, prevention work, screening programmes and related costs, to be rolled out over the next five years.
This follows an earlier phase of the trial, in which jurors ordered Meta to pay USD 375 million in civil penalties after finding the company knowingly damaged children’s mental health and hid what it knew about child sexual exploitation occurring on its platforms.
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