New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez on Monday requested that a judge declare Meta Platforms Inc. a public nuisance and require the company to pay $3.7 billion, while also requiring wide-scale changes to its Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp platforms to protect young users from alleged harms.
The request was made during the second phase of a lawsuit following a March jury verdict finding Meta liable for violating the state’s consumer protection law by misinforming users about platform safety for children. That jury verdict required Meta to pay $375 million in civil penalties, which the company has said it will appeal.
