{
  "id": 274742,
  "title": "New Mexico judge orders Meta to pay $567 million in kids online safety case",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/07/new-mexico-judge-orders-meta-to-pay-567-million-in-kids-online-safety",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-08-07T16:58:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Record",
    "slug": "the-record",
    "url": "https://therecord.media/new-mexico-judge-orders-meta-567-million-kids-safety"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "A New Mexico judge has ordered Meta to pay $567 million in a case regarding social media harms and addiction. This fine brings the company's total bill to $942 million, including a $375 million civil penalty imposed in March. The money will be used to create a fund to mitigate social media harms, with $420 million allocated for treatment services for young people in New Mexico.\n\nThe court found that Meta's platforms, specifically Facebook and Instagram, created a public nuisance and significantly contributed to the state's youth mental health crisis. According to TechRadar, the judge compared Meta's apps to \"polluting factories\". The company has said it will appeal the decision.\n\nMeta will also be required to make changes to its platforms, including limiting users under 18 to 90 hours per month across Facebook and Instagram, pausing push notifications overnight, and only showing Like counts to children under 18 with parental approval. The company has stated that it works hard to keep people safe on its platforms and will appeal the judgment.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "CNBC",
        "title": "Meta ordered to pay $567 million into abatement fund as remedy to child harms case in New Mexico",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/07/meta-ordered-to-pay-567-million-into-abatement-fund-as-remedy-to",
        "published": "2026-08-07T01:00:22.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}