--- title: New Mexico court orders Meta to pay additional $567M in... description: A New Mexico court has ordered Meta to pay an additional $567 million fine in a child safety and social media addiction case, bringing the total to $942... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/new-mexico-court-orders-meta-to-pay-additional-567m-in-child-safety-case-6usfczn4y twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: New Mexico court orders Meta to pay additional $567M in child safety case | daily.dev og:description: A New Mexico court has ordered Meta to pay an additional $567 million fine in a child safety and social media addiction case, bringing the total to $942... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/new-mexico-court-orders-meta-to-pay-additional-567m-in-child-safety-case-6usfczn4y og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/6usfCzn4y.png og:image:alt: New Mexico court orders Meta to pay additional $567M in child safety case og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # New Mexico court orders Meta to pay additional $567M in child safety case **[TechCrunch](https://daily.dev/sources/tc)** · 3 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A New Mexico court has ordered Meta to pay an additional $567 million fine in a child safety and social media addiction case, bringing the total to $942 million. The court also mandated platform changes including removing Like counts for minors without parental approval, pausing push notifications between 10 p.m. and 7 a.m. for users under 18, and capping usage at 90 hours per month. Meta plans to appeal. The ruling follows a similar loss in Los Angeles and comes amid numerous other state-level lawsuits, including a consolidated 33-state case in federal court. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### What platform changes did the New Mexico court order Meta to make for minors? The New Mexico court ordered Meta to remove Like counts for users under 18 unless a parent or guardian approves, pause push notifications between 10 p.m. and 7 a.m. for underage users, and cap their usage at 90 hours per month — roughly three hours per day. _Teams building social platforms for minors track regulatory mandates like these on daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Meta would rather leave New Mexico than rebuild its apps for kids](https://daily.dev/posts/meta-would-rather-leave-new-mexico-than-rebuild-its-apps-for-kids-fe7fwskdr) · The Next Web · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Meta says four states want $1.4 trillion in penalties at August youth-safety trial](https://daily.dev/posts/meta-says-four-states-want-1-4-trillion-in-penalties-at-august-youth-safety-trial-onxau0stv) · The Next Web · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Child exploitation, grooming, and social media addiction claims put Meta on trial](https://daily.dev/posts/child-exploitation-grooming-and-social-media-addiction-claims-put-meta-on-trial-vw3aamxml) · Security Boulevard · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Meta agrees to $18 billion settlement over teen social media harms](https://daily.dev/posts/meta-agrees-to-18-billion-settlement-over-teen-social-media-harms-xdpbsnqlk) · BleepingComputer · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#social-media](https://daily.dev/tags/social-media) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/new-mexico-court-orders-meta-to-pay-additional-567m-in-child-safety-case-6usfczn4y) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"New Mexico court orders Meta to pay additional $567M in child safety case","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/new-mexico-court-orders-meta-to-pay-additional-567m-in-child-safety-case-6usfczn4y","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/new-mexico-court-orders-meta-to-pay-additional-567m-in-child-safety-case-6usfczn4y"},"datePublished":"2026-08-07T11:42:06.759Z","dateModified":"2026-08-07T11:42:31.434Z","description":"A New Mexico court has ordered Meta to pay an additional $567 million fine in a child safety and social media addiction case, bringing the total to $942...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/0e7faab18b3716af98669350d31c483f?_a=AQAEuop","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/0e7faab18b3716af98669350d31c483f?_a=AQAEuop","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"TechCrunch","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"TechCrunch","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/tc","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/tc"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/new-mexico-court-orders-meta-to-pay-additional-567m-in-child-safety-case-6usfczn4y","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"social-media","timeRequired":"PT3M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"TechCrunch","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/tc"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"New Mexico court orders Meta to pay additional $567M in child safety case"}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"FAQPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/new-mexico-court-orders-meta-to-pay-additional-567m-in-child-safety-case-6usfczn4y#faq","mainEntity":[{"@type":"Question","name":"What platform changes did the New Mexico court order Meta to make for minors?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"The New Mexico court ordered Meta to remove Like counts for users under 18 unless a parent or guardian approves, pause push notifications between 10 p.m. and 7 a.m. for underage users, and cap their usage at 90 hours per month — roughly three hours per day. 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