{"id":1027388,"date":"2026-08-08T09:09:27","date_gmt":"2026-08-08T03:39:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/?p=1027388"},"modified":"2026-08-08T09:48:13","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T04:18:13","slug":"meta-ordered-to-pay-567-million-in-us-over-public-nuisance-child-harm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/2026\/08\/08\/meta-ordered-to-pay-567-million-in-us-over-public-nuisance-child-harm\/","title":{"rendered":"Meta ordered to pay $567 million in US over &#8216;public nuisance&#8217; child harm"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SAN FRANCISCO: A US state court has ordered Meta to pay $567 million and limit some features for children on its Facebook and Instagram platforms, saying the social media giant had created a &#8220;public nuisance&#8221; that endangered young users. <\/p>\n<p>The ruling in New Mexico on Thursday adds to a previous fine of $375 million in the same case in March, when a jury found the social media giant liable for making youths vulnerable to predators on its platforms. <\/p>\n<p>While Meta said it would appeal, the decision sets a precedent at a time when dozens of other US states are pursuing lawsuits alleging harms to children and their mental health, including a major trial against Meta set to open in California next week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SAN FRANCISCO: A US state court has ordered Meta to pay $567 million and limit some features for children on its Facebook and Instagram platforms, saying the social media giant had created a &#8220;public nuisance&#8221; that endangered young users. The ruling in New Mexico on Thursday adds to a previous fine of $375 million in the same case in March, when a jury found the social media giant liable for making youths vulnerable to predators on its platforms. While Meta said it would appeal, the decision sets a precedent at a time when dozens of other US states are pursuing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[75,4,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1027388","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-it-2-the-new-indian-express","category-newspapers","category-the-new-indian-express"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1027388","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1027388"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1027388\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1027397,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1027388\/revisions\/1027397"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1027388"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1027388"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1027388"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}