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Jury Selection Begins in New Mexico Trial Accusing Meta of Enabling Child Exploitation

The case tests design-based liability using decoy accounts to argue Meta’s systems harmed minors.

FILE -A Meta logo is shown on a video screen at LlamaCon 2025, an AI developer conference, in Menlo Park, Calif., April 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)
FILE - Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg speaks during an event at the Biohub Imaging Institute in Redwood City, Calif., Nov. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)
FILE - New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez discusses the nexus of public safety, mental health and adverse child experiences during a news conference following a summit in Albuquerque, N.M., Nov. 3, 2023. (AP Photo/Susan Montoya Bryan, File)
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Overview

  • Jurors are being selected in Santa Fe today, with opening statements scheduled for Feb. 9 and the trial expected to last seven to eight weeks.
  • State investigators ran under‑14 decoy accounts that drew sexual solicitations, which prosecutors say Meta failed to curb and inadequately addressed.
  • New Mexico is pursuing consumer‑protection and public‑nuisance claims focused on product design and algorithmic amplification to sidestep Section 230 content immunity.
  • Prosecutors plan to present extensive internal records, including millions of documents recently produced, while the judge will determine any civil penalties and nuisance remedies.
  • A parallel Los Angeles bellwether moves forward against Instagram and YouTube after TikTok and Snap settled, centering on claims that design choices foster youth addiction in a case brought by plaintiff K.G.M.