Technology

Oh no, "child protection" was never about protecting children? I am shocked, shocked

jury finds firm misled consumers over safety and enabled harm against users

If I do something like this, I go to jail

WHY THE FUCK IS ZUCKERBERG NOT IN JAIL?

Putting this in fixed-width for scale:

This ruling:                        375,000,000
Meta valuation:               1,618,000,000,000

This isn't even a slap on the wrist; it's a fucking rounding error.

The normal appeal and out of court settlement. The f'n lawyers always win.

It says Google will already fight the lawsuit and zuckerberg wants to as well, lmao and he says he wants to protect children but he won't even admit fault with victims? Asshole. There's literally a docu about it: Molly vs the machines.

The two companies probably have to pay more than 3 million dollars. In the next phase of the trial, the jury examines the so-called punitive damages. These are additional damages, intended as an additional penalty.

And because of this instagram will also remove end-to-end encryption and add age-verification

The New Mexico case also raised concerns that allowing teens to use end-to-end encryption on Instagram chats — a privacy measure that blocks anyone other than sender and receiver from viewing a conversation — could make it harder for law enforcement to catch predators. Midway through trial, Meta said it would stop supporting end-to-end-encrypted messaging on Instagram later this year.

Regarding the encryption decision, a Meta spokesperson told CNN that, “very few people were opting in to end-to-end encrypted messaging in DMs, so we’re removing this option from Instagram in the coming months. Anyone who wants to keep messaging with end-to-end encryption can easily do that on WhatsApp.”

-- https://edition.cnn.com/2026/03/24/tech/meta-new-mexico-trial-jury-deliberation

In May, Judge Bryan Biedscheid is slated to hold a trial without a jury on the state's claims that Meta created a public nuisance that harmed state residents' health and safety. The state will ask Biedscheid to direct Meta to make changes to its platforms, including adding effective age verification and removing predators, it said Tuesday.

-- https://www.msn.com/en-us/crime/general/meta-ordered-to-pay-375-million-in-new-mexico-trial-over-child-exploitation-user-safety-claims/ar-AA1ZkHhq

If we can keep getting these assholes in front of juries, maybe something will change.

look, if the children didn't want to become victims then why did they make themselves so sexy

-- Meta defense (probably)

You're telling me we shouldn't have trusted a sentient Annabelle doll in a t-shirt and jeans with the safety of defenseless children? Is THAT what you're telling ME!? ... Well, yeah, actually, that makes a lot of sense.

Fine Zuckerfuck his entire networth AND Meta. He's poor now.

Now, let's take a look at Musk, Bezos, and Ellison.

But it’s for the children!!

^Heavy sarcasm^

Good! Remember though, fines don't count anymore, only hard time. Remove some years from these fuckers lives and they'll think twice in the future.

The details of evasion tactics they used where even harder to read. How fucking irresponsible and outright fucked up do you have to be to OK this shit. Wow.

Facebook made 200 billion in revenue in 2025.

https://stockanalysis.com/stocks/meta/revenue/

They were fined $375 million. They averaged $550 million per day last year.

Unfortunately, part of the court's decision was that Facebook wasn't surveilling people enough.

The New Mexico court heard how Meta’s 2023 decision to encrypt Facebook Messenger – its direct messaging platform, which predators have used as a tool to groom minors and exchange child abuse imagery – blocked access to crucial evidence of these crimes.

I hope this helps other victims get proper resolution.