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Court orders Instagram and Facebook’s Meta to pay $567M to address kids’ mental health online
['Associated Press', 'Min Read', 'Aug.', 'Days Ago']
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SANTA FE, N.M. — A New Mexico court has ordered Instagram and Facebook parent company Meta to pay $567 million to address harms to young people from its platforms in the second phase of a landmark trial the social media giant lost in March.
The court said federal children’s privacy laws prevent Meta from applying age-verification tools to children under 13.
The court also noted that ordering Meta to verify children’s ages for only Meta and not other social media companies would be “inequitable and unduly injurious” to the company.
Additionally, Meta should also request proof of age for Instagram and Facebook users in New Mexico it estimates to be under 13.
The court ordered Meta to report on its progress twice a year on how it’s complying with the abatement measures.