A New Mexico jury just found Meta liable for endangering children on its platforms — $375 million in civil penalties. The jury deliberated for less than a day.
This is the first social media case to reach a verdict. Behind it sit more than 1,600 lawsuits waiting for exactly this signal.
A separate jury in Los Angeles is still deliberating over whether Meta and YouTube designed addictive platforms that harmed a young woman’s mental health. That verdict could come any day.
I’ve been covering both cases — including an on-the-record interview with New Mexico AG Raúl Torrez, who brought the suit.
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