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tremon 7 hours ago

Wait, what? This case's central argument was about propagating and promoting child sexual abuse material, but the maximum penalty was set to only $5000 per violation? Why?

JumpCrisscross 7 hours ago | parent [-]

> The jury found that Meta was responsible for violating New Mexico's Unfair Practices Act because it misled the public about the safety of its platforms for young users

“The jury found that Meta was responsible for violating New Mexico's Unfair Practices Act because it misled the public about the safety of its platforms for young users.”

So the penalty is for misleading around CSAM. Not CSAM per se. (My understanding is the latter are still being adjudicated.)