A Child Safety Day originally set for last Saturday has been rescheduled. The Safe Kids Bartholomew County coalition and Healthy Communities at Columbus Regional Health will now be holding the Child Safety Day event on Saturday, August 22nd. It was canceled due to the threat of bad weather last Saturday. That will be at Dorel...Read More
Today’s ESG Updates Meta Fined $567 Million in Child Safety Lawsuit: New Mexico court finds the social media giant harmed children and orders five years of tighter youth protections. Norway Targets Faster Renewable Power Development: Government will simplify approval processes and reduce bureaucratic delays to accelerate wind and grid expansion. New Jersey Wins $2.5bn PFAS...Read More
The Queensland government has been accused of attempting to remove a key reporting tool depicting just how under-pressure child safety workers are. The Together Union, which represents child safety officers, said the Department of Child Safety has proposed removing the workload management tool in its latest bargaining agreement offer. The union’s assistant secretary, Dee Spink...Read More
This article first appeared on GuruFocus. Meta Platforms (NASDAQ:META) will be in focus on Friday after a New Mexico judge ordered the company to pay $567 million to fund youth mental health treatment and prevention programs, adding to an earlier $375 million civil penalty, according to a Thursday court ruling. The latest order brings Meta’s...Read More
A US court in New Mexico has ordered Meta to pay an additional $567 million (£421 million) for failing to warn the public about the risks its platforms pose to children, marking the largest fine levied against the tech firm for youth safety failures, as reported by the BBC. Presiding Judge Bryan Biedscheid labelled the...Read More
This article first appeared on GuruFocus. Meta Platforms (NASDAQ:META) will be in focus on Friday after a New Mexico judge ordered the company to pay $567 million to fund youth mental health treatment and prevention programs, adding to an earlier $375 million civil penalty, according to a Thursday court ruling. The latest order brings Meta’s...Read More
SANTA FE, NM – A New Mexico court has ordered Meta, the parent of Facebook and Instagram, to pay $567 million to address harm to young users from its platforms, in the second phase of a case. Judge Bryan Biedscheid said $420 million of the amount will be used for treatment services for young people,...Read More
Meta says it takes teen safety seriously. A judge in New Mexico just added a $567 million reason to believe the courts want more than promises. The ruling came Thursday in a case about social media harm and addiction. It stacks on top of the $375 million New Mexico ordered in March, bringing the total...Read More
Meta has been ordered to pay $567 million and make sweeping changes to Facebook and Instagram after a New Mexico court found that the company’s platforms harmed young people and required stronger protections for minors. The award comes on top of a $375 million civil penalty imposed by a jury in March, bringing Meta’s financial...Read More
When Megan Garcia told lawmakers about how her 14-year-old son died by suicide after months of conversations with a chatbot from Character. Al, one of her main requests might have been, on the face of it, the simplest — restrict access for those under a certain age. “I don’t think that chatbot technology in its...Read More
