{"id":22453,"date":"2026-03-25T08:37:41","date_gmt":"2026-03-25T07:37:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/25\/meta-ordered-to-pay-375m-after-being-found-liable-in-child-exploitation-case\/"},"modified":"2026-03-25T08:37:41","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T07:37:41","slug":"meta-ordered-to-pay-375m-after-being-found-liable-in-child-exploitation-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/25\/meta-ordered-to-pay-375m-after-being-found-liable-in-child-exploitation-case\/","title":{"rendered":"Meta ordered to pay $375m after being found liable in child exploitation case"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>New Mexico hails \u2018historic\u2019 win after jury finds firm misled consumers over safety and enabled harm against users<\/p>\n<p>A New Mexico jury on Tuesday ordered Meta to pay $375m in civil penalties after it found the company misled consumers about the safety of its platforms and enabled harm, including child sexual exploitation, against its users.<\/p>\n<p>This is the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2026\/mar\/19\/meta-child-safety-trial-facebook-instagram\">first bench trial<\/a> to find Meta liable for acts committed on its platform.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2026\/mar\/24\/meta-new-mexico-jury\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/129e1ad16a1cd295e6d6c7f8993344d30cbfd2f2\/3_0_3333_2667\/master\/3333.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=c766667ad69294ae27b6d7a417720370\" title=\"Meta ordered to pay $375m after being found liable in child exploitation case\" \/>New Mexico hails \u2018historic\u2019 win after jury finds firm misled consumers over safety and enabled harm against users<br \/>\nA New Mexico jury on Tuesday ordered Meta to pay $375m in civil penalties after it found the company misled consumers about the safety of its platforms and enabled harm, including child sexual exploitation, against its users.<br \/>\nThis is the first bench trial to find Meta liable for acts committed on its platform. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Mexico hails \u2018historic\u2019 win after jury finds firm misled consumers over safety and enabled harm against users A New Mexico jury on Tuesday ordered Meta to pay $375m in civil penalties after it found the company misled consumers about the safety of its platforms and enabled harm, including child sexual exploitation, against its users. &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/25\/meta-ordered-to-pay-375m-after-being-found-liable-in-child-exploitation-case\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Meta ordered to pay $375m after being found liable in child exploitation case<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":22454,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22453"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22453"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22453\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22454"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22453"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22453"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22453"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}