Meta fined £421 million over mental health risks to children
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The social media giant Meta has been fined £421 million by a court in New Mexico for failing to warn the public about the risks its platforms posed to children. [Subscribe to our Substack newsletter: https://channel4news.substack.com/subscribe] The judge described Meta as a "public nuisance" and ordered it to put the money into a fund aimed at redressing the impact of mental health harms. The ruling is the second phase in a landmark trial against the firm which found that it enabled harm against its users. ------- Get more news at our site - https://www.channel4.com/news/ Subscribe to our Substack newsletter: https://channel4news.substack.com/subscribe Follow us: TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@c4news Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/channel4news/ Twitter - https://twitter.com/Channel4News Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/Channel4News/
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