Meta Ordered to Pay $942 Million Over the Harm Its Social Networks Cause Children

According to the report, Meta is required to pay 942 million dollars to compensate for and remedy the harm its social networks inflict on children.

No further details — as to who handed down the ruling, in the course of what proceedings, and exactly how the sum is meant to be spent — are provided in the available material. The size of the figure itself signals the scale of the grievances against the company's platforms with regard to their effect on underage users: the amount comes to just short of a billion dollars.

The impact of social networks on children and teenagers has, in recent years, regularly found itself at the center of attention for regulators and courts. Meta, which owns Facebook and Instagram among others, faces complaints tied to how its engagement mechanisms are built and how they affect a young audience. The current ruling on a payment of nearly a billion dollars is the latest episode in this confrontation.

Source: Hacker News