Meta Hit With $567 Million Judgment in New Mexico Child Safety Case

A New Mexico judge ordered Mark Zuckerberg's Meta to pay $567 million, as well as make changes to the way young users use its platforms, in a ruling tied to a child safety case. Judge Bryan Biedscheid ruled against the tech giant late on Thursday, marking the largest financial penalty Zuckerberg's company has received while battling legal suits regarding social media addiction and its harm to minors. Biedscheid's ruling of $567 million was in addition to the $375 million Meta had been ordered to pay back in March for the same case. At the time, a jury had found that Meta did mislead its . . .