Judge Bryan Biedscheid

“Judge Bryan Biedscheid's ruling on Thursday brings the total financial punishment in the case to $942million, following an earlier $375million order.”

“The majority of the $567million fund, around $420million, has been earmarked to treat harms already inflicted by Meta's platforms by financing clinical and behavioural health programmes and professio…”

“Court orders Instagram and Facebook parent company Meta to pay $567 million to address harms to young people from its platforms in the second phase of a landmark trial.”

“the bulk of the money — $420 million — will be used for treatment services for young people.”

“The rest will go toward awareness and prevention, screening services and other costs over the next five years.”

“The total amount Meta is responsible for — $942 million — is a small fraction of its annual profit, which was about $60 billion in 2025.”

“Meta must also attempt to develop a dedicated 'under-13-years-of-age prediction model' in the next two years.”

“ordered Meta to pay another $567m (£421m) for its failure to warn the public about dangers its platforms posed to children, marking the largest ruling against the company over child safety.”

“for a total of $942m.”

“$375m in fines Meta was already ordered to pay”