New Mexico seeks child safety restrictions on Meta apps, algorithms in trial's 2nd phase

New Mexico State prosecutors are seeking cardinal changes to Meta's societal media apps and algorithms to safeguard children successful the 2nd signifier of a landmark proceedings connected allegations that platforms specified arsenic Instagram person created a nationalist information hazard.

Opening statements are scheduled for Monday (May 4, 2026) successful the three-week seat proceedings to determine whether the platforms of Meta, which besides owns Facebook and WhatsApp, airs a nationalist nuisance nether State law.

In the archetypal phase, jurors ordered $375 cardinal successful civilian penalties against Meta, determining that it knowingly harmed children's intelligence wellness and concealed what it knew astir kid intersexual exploitation connected its platforms.