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Instagram owner Meta ordered to pay nearly $1B in fines for risking child safety, court says
Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp and others, must pay nearly $1 billion after a court found the social media giant to have put children and teen users at risk. A New Mexico judge ruled that Meta must pay $567 million into a fund to pay for harm prevention and awareness, in addition to $375 million in civil penalties previously decided by a jury.
TL;DR
- Meta must pay nearly $1 billion in total.
- A New Mexico judge ruled Meta put children and teen users at risk.
- The payment includes $567 million for harm prevention and awareness.
- An additional $375 million in civil penalties was previously decided by a jury.