Critical Mass With Law.com’s Riley Brennan: Meta Smacked With $567M Abatement Order Over Social Media Harms, Leadership Shake-up Hits Paraquat Mass Tort

This week: A New Mexico judge ordered Meta Platforms to pay $567 million into an abatement fund and implement child-safety reforms after finding Facebook and Instagram substantially contributed to the state’s youth mental health crisis, pushing the company’s total exposure in the case to nearly $1 billion. Meanwhile, a Philadelphia judge overhauled the leadership structure of the city’s Paraquat mass tort, removing several longtime plaintiffs’ leaders.

       

This week: A New Mexico judge ordered Meta Platforms to pay $567 million into an abatement fund and implement child-safety reforms after finding Facebook and Instagram substantially contributed to the state’s youth mental health crisis, pushing the company’s total exposure in the case to nearly $1 billion. Meanwhile, a Philadelphia judge overhauled the leadership structure of the city’s Paraquat mass tort, removing several longtime plaintiffs’ leaders.