内容来源：https://www.engadget.com/2232202/meta-additional-567-million-fine-new-mexico-child-safety-case/

内容总结：

美国新墨西哥州一家法院裁定，社交媒体巨头Meta因未能有效保护青少年用户免受伤害，需额外支付5.67亿美元（约合人民币40亿元）赔偿金。此前，该州总检察长起诉Meta利用其平台助长儿童性剥削等安全问题，违反该州消费者保护法。

今年3月，陪审团已裁定Meta需支付3.75亿美元民事罚款。在第二轮审判中，法官布莱恩·比德沙伊德认定Meta构成“公共妨害”，其平台对未成年人造成的心理伤害和性剥削风险不仅局限于网络空间，更蔓延至现实社会，因此追加罚款用于资助该州青少年网络安全相关项目。

法官在判决中将Meta平台比作工厂，其推送的广告和内容为产品，而对儿童造成的心理伤害和性剥削则是排放的“污染物”。他明确指出，这些负面影响不仅限于平台内部，更扩散到整个互联网乃至现实世界。判决同时强调，此举并非要关闭Meta应用，而是要求其解决已造成的危害。

除罚款外，法院还要求Meta对Facebook和Instagram实施一系列安全改革措施，包括：对18岁以下用户默认设为私密账户；未成年用户搜索和推荐受限；陌生人不得向未成年人发送私信；每晚10点至次日早7点及学期内早8点至下午3点暂停推送通知（周末除外）；隐藏未成年人点赞数量；强制设置使用时长上限，每月最多90小时；每日向未成年用户展示安全提示信息。但法院驳回了原告要求修改算法推荐的请求。

Meta方面表示不认同判决结果，将提起上诉。该公司此前曾威胁，若法院支持州政府立场，可能被迫关闭在新墨西哥州的应用服务，但该州总检察长劳尔·托雷斯称此举不过是“公关噱头”。新墨西哥州总检察长办公室表示，这笔罚款将用于青少年网络安全的教师培训、心理健康服务等项目。

中文翻译：

法院命令Meta在新墨西哥州儿童安全案件中额外支付5.67亿美元

法官裁定Meta构成“公共妨害”，其影响已蔓延至现实世界。

今年3月，新墨西哥州的一个陪审团认定Meta在该州总检察长提起的诉讼中违反了该州的消费者保护法，该诉讼指控该公司存在儿童剥削和其他安全问题。法院命令Meta支付3.75亿美元的民事罚款。如今，在旨在判定Meta是否构成“公共妨害”、危害该州青少年用户的审判第二阶段结束后，法院命令该公司额外支付5.67亿美元，投入新墨西哥州相关项目的治理基金。

法官布莱恩·比德沙伊德在裁决中将Meta的平台比作工厂，将其中的广告和其他内容比作工厂的产品，将平台上儿童遭受的心理伤害和性剥削比作工厂排放的污染。正如污染会损害公众对合理清洁空气的权利一样，Meta的应用对儿童的有害影响并不局限于这些平台内部。法官表示，这些有害影响“蔓延至整个互联网，而最令人担忧的是，还蔓延至现实世界”。

法官澄清说，该裁决并非要关闭Meta的应用，而是旨在解决这些应用已经造成的现有伤害。然而，Meta在4月曾威胁称，如果法院支持该州的立场，它可能被迫关闭其在新墨西哥州的应用。该公司表示，该州的要求过于“繁重”，“可能迫使Meta完全撤出其应用”。新墨西哥州总检察长劳尔·托雷斯将该公司的威胁描述为一场公关噱头。

Meta被命令支付的罚款将用于多个不同的项目，包括面向教师、学校辅导员、学校心理学家和医疗保健专业人员的青少年网络安全培训，以及社区健康中心。除支付罚款外，法院还命令Meta对Facebook和Instagram实施改革和安全措施。法院认定WhatsApp不构成公共妨害，因此任何必要的改革不适用于该应用。

Meta必须在Instagram上为18岁以下用户维持默认私密设置。如果Facebook上的用户未满18岁，Meta还必须默认将其好友限制为18岁以下用户。未成年用户的私密账户不能出现在搜索结果中，除非通过用户名识别，也不能被推荐给其他用户。这些用户未经父母或监护人同意，或未提供已年满18岁的证明，不能更改默认设置。

该公司的平台不能推荐任何属于18岁以下用户的账户，并且必须确保与未成年用户没有关联的成年人无法给他们发消息。Meta必须暂停向这些用户推送通知，每天从晚上10点到早上7点，以及在学年期间（周末除外）从早上8点到下午3点。它还必须隐藏18岁以下用户的“点赞数”，并实施强制性的使用时长限制。具体而言，青少年每月在Facebook和Instagram上只能使用90小时。Meta还必须每天向未成年用户弹出信息横幅，告知他们安全做法以及可用于举报不当行为和内容的工具。不过，法院没有批准原告要求命令Meta更改算法的请求，尽管原告辩称这些算法会形成有害的反馈循环。

在X平台上，Meta的安迪·斯通表示，该公司不同意该裁决，并将提起上诉。

Meta就该裁决发表声明：
“我们不同意该裁决，并将提起上诉。我们努力确保用户在我们平台上的安全，并且一直坦诚面对识别和清除不良行为者及有害内容所面临的挑战。我们对自己的记录仍然充满信心…… https://t.co/Yq9eYyNBQq
——安迪·斯通（@andymstone）2026年8月6日

英文来源：

Court orders Meta to pay an additional $567 million in New Mexico child safety case
Meta is a 'public nuisance,' the judge has ruled, and its effects migrate to the real world.
In March, a jury in New Mexico found Meta liable for violating the state's consumer protection laws in a case brought by its Attorney General, accusing the company of child exploitation and other safety issues. The court ordered Meta to pay a fine of $375 million in civil penalties. Now, after the second phase of the trial meant to decide whether Meta has been a "public nuisance" harming teen users in the state, the court has ordered the company to pay an additional $567 million into an abatement fund for related programs in New Mexico.
In his ruling, Judge Bryan Biedscheid likened Meta's platforms to factories, the advertising and other content in them to be the factory's products and the psychological harm and sexual exploitation of children on those platforms to be pollution they emit. And just as pollution can harm the public's right to reasonably clean air, the harmful effects of Meta's apps on children aren't contained within those platforms. The judge said that those harmful effects "migrate to the internet as a whole and, perhaps most concerning, to the real world."
The judge clarified that the ruling isn't seeking to close down Meta's apps. Instead, it's looking to address the existing harms they've already caused. Meta threatened back in April, however, that it may be forced to shut down its apps in New Mexico if the court sides with the state. It said that the state's demands were so "burdensome" that "it might force Meta to withdraw its apps entirely." New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez described the company's threat as a PR stunt.
The penalty Meta has been ordered to pay will go towards several different programs, including youth internet safety training for teachers, school counselors, school psychologists and healthcare professionals, as well as community-based health centers. In addition to paying the fine, the court has ordered Meta to incorporate changes and safety measures into Facebook and Instagram. It has determined that WhatsApp doesn't contribute to public nuisance and, hence, any required changes will not apply to it.
Meta will have to maintain a private-by-default setting for users under 18 years of age on Instagram. If a user on Facebook is under 18, it also has to limit their friends to users under 18 years of age by default. Private accounts for underage users cannot show up in a search unless identified by username, and they cannot be recommended to other users. Those users cannot change default settings without the consent of a parent or a guardian, or unless they show proof that they've already turned 18.
The company's platforms cannot recommend any account belonging to users under 18 and must ensure that adults who aren't connected to underage users cannot message them. Meta has to pause push notifications for the same users from 10PM to 7AM everyday and from 8AM to 3PM during the academic year, excluding weekends. It has to hide "like counts" for users under 18 and to implement a mandatory usage time limit, as well. Specifically, teens can only spend 90 hours per month across Facebook and Instagram. Meta also has to flash information banners for underage users once a day, telling them about safe practices and tools they can use to report inappropriate behavior and content. The court didn't grant the plaintiff's request to order changes to Meta's algorithms, however, despite its argument that they create harmful feedback loops.
On X, Meta's Andy Stone said the company disagrees with the ruling and will appeal.
Meta statement on the ruling:
"We disagree with the ruling and will appeal. We work hard to keep people safe on our platforms and have been transparent about the challenges of identifying and removing bad actors and harmful content. We remain confident in our record of... https://t.co/Yq9eYyNBQq
— Andy Stone (@andymstone) August 6, 2026