New Mexico court applies public nuisance doctrine to social media, ordering Meta to pay $942 million total

A Santa Fe district court found Meta's platforms a "significant contributing cause" of a teen mental health crisis under public nuisance doctrine — previously applied to environmental and opioid cases, not software. Meta was ordered to pay $567 million into an abatement fund on top of $375 million in earlier penalties. Meta plans to appeal. Other states are pursuing similar claims.