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New Mexico's attorney general sued Meta in 2023, alleging it created a, quote, breeding ground for child predators on its apps, including Instagram and Facebook.
Following a nearly seven-week trial, jurors agreed with the state.
They found Meta violated New Mexico's consumer protection law by hiding what it knew about risks to children's safety and mental health.
The jury ordered the company to pay $375 million in penalties based on thousands of violations.
Meta says it works hard to keep people safe on its platforms.
The company plans to appeal the verdict.
New Mexico's attorney general sued Meta in 2023, alleging it created a, quote, breeding ground for child predators on its apps, including Instagram and Facebook.
Following a nearly seven-week trial, jurors agreed with the state.
They found Meta violated New Mexico's consumer protection law by hiding what it knew about risks to children's safety and mental health.
The jury ordered the company to pay $375 million in penalties based on thousands of violations.
Meta says it works hard to keep people safe on its platforms.
The company plans to appeal the verdict.
The lawsuit accuses the Trump administration of trying to silence people whose work supports online content moderation, arguing that amounts to unconstitutional viewpoint discrimination.
The State Department says it's restricting visas for those it says are, quote, complicit in censoring Americans.
In December, it banned five Europeans from entering the U.S., including a former EU tech regulator and advocates who work to curb online harms.
The government also threatened to deport one who is a permanent U.S.
The lawsuit says that's having a chilling effect on independent research into Internet platforms.