A New Mexico judge branded Meta a public nuisance and dictated specific engagement mechanics.

The court ordered $567 million into a harm-abatement fund on top of March's $375 million jury penalty, totaling $942 million, with roughly $420 million earmarked for youth treatment services. The injunctive relief is the part builders should read: Meta must remove Like counts for under-18 users absent parental approval, pause push notifications to minors between 10 p.m. and 7 a.m., and cap minors' usage at 90 hours a month. A court specifying product design at the level of individual UI affordances is a new precedent, and it won't stay confined to Meta.