Judge orders Meta to create $567M abatement fund for child harms in New Mexico
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A state district judge in Santa Fe on Thursday ordered social media giant Meta Platforms Inc. to pay $567 million into an abatement fund to address public harm to New Mexico children and teens.
Judge Bryan Biedscheid’s ruling resolves the second of a two-part civil proceeding in a landmark case filed in 2023 by New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez, who argued Meta’s social media platforms have led to a youth mental health crisis in the state and have exposed kids to exploitation by sexual predators.
Torrez lauded the ruling as a “victory for every parent who has worried about what social media is doing to their child and every child who deserves to grow up safer online.”
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