Why the Meta child safety ruling matters A US court has ordered Meta to pay $567 million (€492 million) into a teen mental health fund and overhaul how Facebook and Instagram work for young users. A Meta child safety ruling that could ripple out to the Dublin-headquartered giant’s wider operations. Judge Bryan Biedscheid in Santa...Read More

A New Mexico court has ordered Meta to pay $567m (€492m) into a teen mental health fund and change how its platforms function for young users, finding the company harms children’s wellbeing. Judge Bryan Biedscheid in Santa Fe ruled the company had created a public nuisance in the state, siding with Democrat attorney general Raúl...Read More

A US state court has ordered Meta to pay $567 million and restrict some Facebook and Instagram features for children, in what is being described as the largest child-safety ruling against the company. The court found that Meta had created a “public nuisance” that endangered young users. The ruling comes as dozens of other US...Read More

Pollution does not stay inside the factory that makes it. That was the comparison Judge Bryan Biedscheid used on Thursday when he ordered Meta Platforms to pay New Mexico $567 million and found that the damage its platforms do to children spills out onto families, schools, hospitals and law enforcement. The ruling follows a $375...Read More

A US judge in New Mexico has ordered Meta to pay another $567m (£421m) for its failure to warn the public about dangers its platforms posed to children, marking the largest fine against the company over child safety. Judge Bryan Biedscheid said the social media giant is a “public nuisance” akin to air pollution and...Read More

Meta has been ordered to pay a record $942 million after a US judge ruled the company failed to protect children from harm on its social media platforms. A court in New Mexico imposed a new $567 million penalty, adding to an earlier $375 million award in the same case. The ruling marks the largest...Read More

If you market music, you probably use one or more of Meta’s platforms to do it, and the target audience for that marketing will often include young people and teenagers. But now, there is a palpable momentum – in a societal and legal sense – behind actions designed to minimise what is being seen as the negative...Read More

Share Meta has been ordered to pay an additional $567 million fine by a New Mexico state court, marking the largest child safety penalty ever issued against the social media giant. The punishment stems from Meta’s failure to warn the public about the dangers its platforms pose to children. Presiding Judge Bryan Biedscheid explicitly declared...Read More

A New Mexico Court judge on Thursday ordered Meta to pay a fine of $567 million, on top of the $375 million levied in March, in a case regarding social media harms and addiction. This brings the total fines the company has to pay to $942 million. The court also ordered Meta to make changes...Read More

Meta Ordered to Pay $567 Million Over Child Safety Failures in New Mexico Case Pierluigi Paganini August 07, 2026 Meta was ordered to pay $567M after a judge ruled its platforms harmed children, bringing New Mexico penalties to $942M. Meta ‘s child-safety legal bill just got another half-billion dollars heavier. A New Mexico state judge...Read More