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New Mexico judge orders Meta to pay $567 million over children’s accounts
A New Mexico judge ordered Meta to transfer $567 million to a child mental health fund and strengthen safeguards for children’s accounts. The ruling requires accounts belonging to users under 13 to be deleted and young users’ accounts to be private by default, while Meta said it would appeal.
A New Mexico court ruling requires Meta to pay $567 million to a child mental health fund and strengthen protections for children’s accounts.
The ruling by a New Mexico state judge seeks to hold the company accountable for its effects on children’s mental health. Meta faces allegations that its platforms harm children, as well as numerous lawsuits filed across the United States.
New restrictions on children’s accounts
Under the ruling, accounts belonging to users under 13, along with all personal information collected from those accounts, must be deleted. Accounts belonging to young users in New Mexico must also be set to private by default.
Meta will also disable instant notifications for users under 18 between 8 a.m. and 3 p.m. on weekdays during the school year. On other days, notifications will be disabled between 10 p.m. and 7 a.m.
$375 million damages award
The ruling came after the completion of the second phase of a two-part trial. In the first phase, a jury ruled in March that Meta had misled users about the dangers of its platforms and ordered the company to pay $375 million in damages.
The second phase examined whether Meta’s platforms constituted a public nuisance. The judge found that the platforms’ harmful effects on children were not limited to the internet and created a societal burden for children, their families, schools, hospitals and law enforcement agencies.
Meta said it disagreed with the ruling and would appeal.
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