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New Mexico jury orders Meta to pay $375 million over child-safety failures on Facebook and Instagram
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New Mexico jury orders Meta to pay $375 million over child-safety failures on Facebook and Instagram

A New Mexico state court jury found Meta liable for willfully violating the state's consumer-protections laws by failing to safeguard minors on Facebook and Instagram, ordering roughly $375 million in damages; a second phase will decide on public-nuisance funding and required app changes such as stronger age verification and measures regarding encrypted communications.

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Precision Lens owner ordered to pay $487M for Medicare kickback scheme.

Precision Lens, a Bloomington-based eye lens distributor, has been ordered by a federal judge to pay $487 million in civil damages for funding a kickback scheme that included lavish vacations and trips to exclusive sporting events for eye surgeons in exchange for using their products in cataract surgeries reimbursed by Medicare. The company was found guilty of violating the False Claims Act.