Meta's New Mexico child-safety fines reach $942M

A New Mexico court added $567 million to Meta’s child-safety penalties, bringing the total to $942 million, and ordered product restrictions for users under 18. TechCrunch’s report on the ruling says the state must get parental approval before showing minors Like counts, pause their push notifications from 10 p.m. to 7 a.m., and cap usage at 90 hours a month; Meta says it will appeal. Teams building the next generation of AI-mediated social discovery should treat youth defaults, engagement mechanics, and jurisdiction-specific controls as product architecture—not a policy layer added after launch.