00:00A New Mexico state court has ordered Meta to pay $567 million into a teen mental health fund
00:07and change how its platforms function for young users after finding the company is to blame for harming children's well
00:15-being.
00:16Judge Brian Beetscheid in Santa Fe has ruled the company had created a public nuisance in New Mexico,
00:23siding with Attorney General Raul Torres, a Democrat.
00:26Torres had accused the social media company of designing products to addict young users
00:31and failing to protect children from sexual exploitation on its platforms.
00:38The ruling comes five months after a New Mexico jury in an earlier phase of the case
00:43ordered Meta to pay $375 million after finding it violated Consumer Protection Law
00:49by misrepresenting the safety of Facebook and Instagram for young users.
00:54In the ruling, Beetscheid ordered Meta to prevent children in New Mexico
00:58from engaging in romantic or sexualized interactions with Meta's artificial intelligence chatbots
01:04and to prevent adults in New Mexico from using chatbots to simulate or discuss asexualized interaction with a child.
01:11Meta said it will appeal the ruling
01:13and that it has been working to identify and remove harmful content from its platforms.
01:24Meta said it will appeal to Mother Nature in a classical organization.
01:25with a maleficientologist in the group and a female alum aka managers.
01:25people that have been performing and allons.
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