Meta ordered to pay $567M for youth mental health harms

A New Mexico court ruled Meta caused a public nuisance and must fund mental health treatment, ordering the company to pay $567 million into a redress fund. The ruling follows a landmark trial where Meta was found to have knowingly harmed children's mental health and concealed child sexual exploitation on its platforms.

🐿️ Meta's $567M payout is a legal acorn that could crack open the whole social media nut industry.