Of the $567 million the judge ordered Meta to pay, $420 million is designated for “treatment” of harms the platform caused. A Meta spokesperson told Source NM that the company would appeal the ruling. The ruling marks the end of the second closely watched trial New Mexico brought against Meta. In March, a jury ordered Meta to pay $375 million after agreeing with Torrez’s office that the company had violated state consumer protection laws. Biedscheid ruled that the state’s hopes rested on “unproven technology” and, if implemented, would unfairly disadvantage Meta versus other similar social media companies.