U.S. jury fines tech giant $375 million for failing to protect minors from sexual exploitation
A civil court of Nuevo México has convicted Meta Technologies Inc. owner for failing to protect minors from sexual exploitation on its platforms, ordering a $375 million fine under state law that targets online child safety violations in New Mexico as the company faces unprecedented penalties across multiple jurisdictions including Spain's Okdiario citing similar findings The verdict comes after an investigation revealed how social media giants failed to prevent and report cases of minors being exploited sexually on their platforms, with prosecutors highlighting systemic failures by Meta Inc.
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A civil jury in New Mexico has condemned the technology giant that owns Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp to pay $375 million for compromising millions of users' security.
— [Mar 24, 23:15] Nuevo México condena a Meta...The prosecution accused Metá of allowing predators unrestricted access to underage user accounts without proper safeguards from the company's side
— [Mar 24, 22:40/9786 Mar 24, 15] Abc.esMeta was found guilty by a US jury in New Mexico for inadequate child protection measures.
— (Stern.de)A civil court of Nuevo México has condemned Meta to pay $37.5 million dollars
— [Mar 24, 19] E00-elmundo