Implicator
The jury in Santa Fe needed less than a day.
After nearly seven weeks of testimony from 40 witnesses and hundreds of internal documents, a jury of New Mexico residents concluded on Tuesday that Meta had willfully endangered children and concealed what it knew about sexual exploitation on its platforms. The jury also found that Meta engaged in what state law calls "unconscionable" trade practices. The penalty: $375 million, the maximum $5,000 per violation across two counts involving 37,500 affected teens. That figure represents roughly one-quarter of New Mexico's teen population, according to the most recent census data.
Meta's stock rose 5% in after-hours trading.
Maria Garcia
Bilingual tech journalist slicing through AI noise at implicator.ai. Decodes digital culture with a ruthless Gen Z lens—fast, sharp, relentlessly curious. Bridges Silicon Valley's marble boardrooms, hunting who tech really serves.
