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State’s attorney general petitions for overhaul of how Meta’s child safety protocol in second phase of landmark case

Meta has returned to court in the US this week for the second phase of a lawsuit brought by Raúl Torrez, New Mexico’s attorney general, following a March verdict that found the company liable for child safety failures and imposed a $375m fine. On Monday, the state petitioned for a legal sanction against the company, a monetary penalty 10 times the original amount, and a sweeping, drastic overhaul of Meta’s child safety protocols.

In the second part of the landmark case, known as the remedies phase, the state is asking for Meta to be declared a public nuisance and for the judge to order the company to pay $3.7bn in an abatement plan. The money would fund programs for law enforcement, mental health services and educators. The state is also requesting that the judge force a series of design changes to Meta’s platforms aimed at improving child safety, including universal age verification, de-encryption of children’s messages, a guardian account linked to every child’s account, and a child safety monitor tasked with holding Meta to account for five years.

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[–] vk6flab@lemmy.radio 26 points 3 weeks ago

If every jurisdiction fined them like that .. they'd cease to be a going concern .. seems like a win win proposition.

[–] P00ptart@lemmy.world 18 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Holy shit, it'd be amazing to get a real, punitive fine for a mega corp for once.

[–] DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 6 points 3 weeks ago

It would be, but this isn't it.

[–] theneverfox@pawb.social 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

At least finish reading the damn summary

The state is also requesting that the judge force a series of design changes to Meta’s platforms aimed at improving child safety, including universal age verification, de-encryption of children’s messages

Does this not sound familiar to you?

[–] partofthevoice@lemmy.zip 9 points 2 weeks ago

Yeah, actually. That sounds fucking great. The whole age verification push came from Meta lobbyists who wanted to push the burden of age-verification onto the OS and app-distributors, rather than the social platforms. That way Meta can wipe their hands of responsibility regarding the issue and its connections to mental health issues in children.

Please. Tell Meta to fuck off and keep the onus on them.

[–] sepi@piefed.social 7 points 2 weeks ago

Zuck should do some jail time