Mark Zuckerberg ’s Meta was ordered to pay $567 million in New Mexico on August 6, 2026, after a judge ruled that the company’s social platforms contribute significantly to the state’s youth mental health crisis. The ruling also limits individual social media use to 90 hours per month and directs funding toward treatment programs. Judge Bryan Biedscheid’s decision applies to Meta’s handling of minors on Instagram and Facebook; WhatsApp was not included. The $567 million penalty comes on top of the $375 million Meta was ordered to pay in March, bringing the company’s total potential bill in New Mexico to $942 million. Will Meta Actually Pay? Meta rejected the ruling almost immediately and said the company will appeal. A Meta spokesperson told Deadline that the decision “misrepresent[s] the facts,” while arguing that the company works to protect teens and remove harmful content from its platforms. The March amount was calculated using New Mexico’s maximum civil penalty of $5,000 per violation in mental health related cases. Meta is valued at roughly $1.5 trillion, but the New Mexico judgment arrives as the company faces a wider wave of lawsuits and regulatory pressure over alleged harms to young users, making this fight much bigger than one state’s courtroom.