( August 7, 2026, 2:37 PM EDT) -- SANTA FE, N.M. — After a New Mexico state court jury found Meta Platforms Inc. liable and assessed $375 million in penalties against it in a suit alleging that it violated state consumer protection laws and created a public nuisance, a judge on Aug. 6 entered judgment in favor of New Mexico on the public nuisance claim and ordered Meta to pay $567 million into an abatement fund, finding “that the effects of Meta’s activities constitute a public nuisance such that abatement is an appropriate remedy.”...