New Mexico Judge on Thursday Ordered Meta, the Parent Company of Instagram, Facebook and Whatsapp, to Pay an Additional $567M for Failing

Judge Bryan Biedscheid called the social media giant a "public nuisance" akin to air pollution and said the money must go into a fund aimed at reducing future harms. The ruling adds to $375m in fines Meta was already ordered to pay in the case. Biedscheid compared Meta to a factory, with advertising and content as its product and the psychological harm and sexual exploitation of children to be the pollution that must be abated.