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 financial penalty Meta has faced over child safety. Judge Bryan Biedscheid described Meta as a "public nuisance," comparing the company's impact on children to pollution from a factory. It also comes as governments worldwide move to tighten rules on child safety across social media.