A New Mexico court has ordered Meta, the parent company of Facebook, to pay $567m into a fund aimed at 'redressing adverse mental health impacts' from the social media giant’s platforms. The Thursday ruling comes as a part of the second phase of a landmark trial the social media giant lost in March. At the time, a jury found that the company knowingly harmed children’s mental health and concealed what it knew about child sexual exploitation on its platforms, and imposed the maximum penalty: a $375m fine.
The ruling on Thursday is an addition to that fine, bringing the total amount Meta is responsible for to $942m. Judge Bryan Biedscheid said the bulk of the money – $420m – would be used for 'treatment services for young people' in New Mexico. The rest will go toward 'awareness and prevention', screening services and other costs over the next five years.
It's ludicrous and won't stand on appeal. The only ones who'll get any money out of this are the lawyers - on both sides, especially the defense. Are the kids' parents ever to blame for letting their kids go on any social media platforms? Of course not - they just go where the money is. Shameful...
$567 million is pocket change to this weird asshole. Still I am glad they nailed him. Now if the other 49 states nail him too, it may amount to something
ReplyDeleteAnd yet the worthless gulag of government monopoly day prisons masquerading as schools...gets off scott free...and will never stop destroying children.
ReplyDeleteAre you seriously and whit a straight face defending Mark Zuckerberg and Facebook?.
ReplyDelete"First, we kill all the lawyers".
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and he also paid $500 million to the democrats to steal the 2020 election, harming children's
ReplyDeleteWhen's this pos and his wife going to jail for buying elections to the tune of $400+ million?
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