Meta misled users about its products’ safety, jury decides.

Meta willfully violated New Mexico law by misleading users about the safety of its products and engaging in an unconscionable trade practice, a jury found. New Mexico argued that Meta had flouted state law by misleading consumers and facilitating child predato …
Read the full story at The Verge. The company will face a $375 million penalty for the violations, awarding the maximum penalty of $5,000 per violation for 37,500 violations across two counts.
It’s a landmark verdict delivered just one day after closing arguments. The jury decided against Meta on every count, though it declined to award a penalty as high as the state sought, which would have been closer to $2 billion.