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JUSTTHENEWS (Kevin Killough) - New Mexico court orders Facebook's parent company Meta to pay $567 million for harms to young people

In March, a jury ordered Meta to pay $375 million in civil penalties, which is now on top of the $567 million payment, after determining that the company knowingly harmed children's mental health and concealed what it knew about child sexual exploitation on its platforms.

NPR (The Associated Press) - Court orders Instagram and Facebook's Meta to pay $567M to address kids' mental health online

Judge Bryan Biedscheid said in a ruling late Thursday that the bulk of the money will be used for treatment services for young people.

NPR (The Associated Press) - French lawmakers approve a sweeping social media ban for children under 15

The move makes France the first country in the European Union to pass a blanket ban on platforms as concerns grow worldwide over the harmful effects of digital content on kids.

NPR (Huo Jingnan) - Class action suit against AI makers over deepfake child sexual abuse material expands

New plaintiffs in a lawsuit against Elon Musk's SpaceXAI and Stability AI say the companies' AI tools were used to make sexually explicit images of them as children.