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New Mexico Court Orders Meta $567M for Youth Harm

8/7/2026

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  • A District Court in New Mexico ordered Meta Platforms Inc. to pay $567 million for harms to young people on Instagram and Facebook.
  • Judge Bryan Biedscheid allocated $420 million for treatment, the rest for awareness, barred Meta from tools that collect data from children under 13, and raised total liability to $942 million.
  • Meta must add banners, improve AI-based age-assurance tools and develop an under-13 prediction model within two years; it will appeal.