New Mexico Attorney General to propose mandated child safety protections in Meta bench trial

By: Joshua Bowling

Outlets: Source New Mexico

Published: April 9, 2026

Words: 408

Last Updated: 3 months, 3 weeks ago


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A New Mexico judge denied Meta’s request to postpone a bench trial in New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez’s ongoing case against the social media giant. In an announcement Thursday, Torrez said the decision paves the way for “the most comprehensive court-ordered child safety protections ever imposed on a social media company.”

A Santa Fe jury already found Meta to have committed 75,000 violations of state law and ordered the company to pay the …

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