New Mexico jury says Meta harms children’s mental health and safety, violating state law

A recording of Meta Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s deposition is played for the jurors on March 4 in Santa Fe, N.M. Jim Weber/Santa Fe New Mexican/AP

Jim Weber/Santa Fe New Mexican/AP

SANTA FE, N.M. — A New Mexico jury determined Tuesday that Meta knowingly harmed children’s mental health and concealed what it knew about child sexual exploitation on its social media platforms, a verdict that signals a changing tide against tech companies and the government’s willingness to crack down.

The landmark decision comes after a nearly seven-week trial, and as jurors in a federal court in California have been

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