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Meta is ordered to pay $942 million over child safety harms

A judge ordered the creation of a $567 million abatement fund on top of $375 million in civil penalties that a jury had already assessed against the Facebook and Instagram parent

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A New Mexico judge on Thursday ordered Meta $META to pay $942 million in total after a two-phase trial found the company failed to protect young users on its platforms and violated state consumer protection law.

Judge Bryan Biedscheid ordered the creation of a $567 million abatement fund on top of $375 million in civil penalties that a jury had assessed against the Facebook and Instagram parent in March. The judge described the fund as "necessary, due to the wide-ranging impacts of the harm and the complex nature of the remedy."

Of the total abatement fund,........

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