Nice to read about, but will be appealed to eternity.

I wonder how many billions it would take every year for this to not just be considered "cost of doing business"?

Per the court ruling [0], the specific law that Meta violated was New Mexico’s public-nuisance law, NMSA 1978 § 30-8-1. This is the text of the law [1]:

A public nuisance consists of knowingly creating, performing or maintaining anything affecting any number of citizens without lawful authority which is either:

A. injurious to public health, safety, morals or welfare; or

B. interferes with the exercise and enjoyment of public rights, including the right to use public property.

Whoever commits a public nuisance for which the act or penalty is not otherwise prescribed by law is guilty of a petty misdemeanor.

The judge found that Meta’s operation of Facebook and Instagram injured public health, safety, and welfare and burdened public schools, hospitals, and law enforcement. This resulted in Meta being ordered to pay $567 million to abate the public nuisance.

[0] https://www.kob.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/D-101-CV-2023...

[1] https://law.justia.com/codes/new-mexico/chapter-30/article-8...