Hard to see how they would win an appeal given this:
The New Mexico lawsuit grew out of an undercover operation, which Torrez, a former prosecutor, and his office ran in 2023. As part of the case, investigators created accounts on Facebook and Instagram posing as users younger than 14. The accounts received sexually explicit material and were contacted by adults seeking similar content, leading to criminal charges against multiple individuals, according to Torrez’s office.
The state claims Meta told the public Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp are safe for New Mexico teens and children, while hiding the truth about how much dangerous and harmful content the company hosts. According to the state, internal company documents acknowledged problems with sexual exploitation and mental health harm. Yet the company, the state says, did not institute basic safety tools such as age verification and insisted it was safe...
In May, Judge Bryan Biedscheid, the judge who oversaw the trial, is slated to hold a bench trial on the state’s claims that Meta created a public nuisance that harmed state residents’ health and safety. The state will ask Biedscheid to direct Meta to make changes to its platforms to bring them in line with state law.
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