Big tech reckoning: Meta ordered to pay $375m in landmark case - The Latest

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  This is The Guardian.

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  This is the first time that Meta has been held accountable in court for allegations

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  that it puts children at safety risks.

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  What this case did was take aim at the design features on Meta's platform,

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  specifically Facebook and Instagram, that may allow these harms to happen.

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  I'm sure that other big tech companies are looking at this with, I imagine, some concern.

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  In a landmark trial, a US court has ordered Meta,

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  the owner of Facebook and Instagram, to pay $375 million for endangering children.

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  Could it set a new precedent for holding social media giants to account?

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  From The Guardians today in Focus, this is The Latest with me, Lucy Hoff.

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  I'm joined by Katie McHugh, an investigative journalist who's been reporting on this story for us.

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  Katie, thanks so much for dialling in from New York.

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  So you have been covering this case against Meta,

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  which has been going on in a courtroom in New Mexico over the last seven weeks or so.

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  Essentially accused of misleading consumers on the safety of its platforms and enabling harm,

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  particularly on child exploitation.

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  We will come on to the details of the allegations, the charges that were made against Meta in more detail.

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  But first of all, just describe how significant it is that Meta lost by jury in this New Mexico court in this way.

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  Thank you, Lucy.

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  So as you know, this is the first time that Meta has been held accountable in court for allegations

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