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Meta ordered to pay an additional $567 million in public nuisance ruling

Friday, August 7, 2026


Meta was ordered to pay 567 million dollars by a Santa Fe district court in New Mexico on Thursday, bringing its total liability in the case to nearly 1 billion dollars. The court found that Meta's platforms were a significant contributing cause of harm addressed in the state's child safety case. This ruling represents the second phase of the litigation, with the first phase resulting in approximately 433 million dollars in damages.

Original reporting: https://www.theverge.com/tech/976537/meta-new-mexico-cild-safety-fine-public-nuisance

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