Meta, the owner of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, has been ordered to pay $567m (£421m) to address the harm caused to children on its platforms.
A judge in New Mexico found the company to be a "public nuisance" and ruled that most of the money will be used for treatment services for young people.
The new penalty is in addition to the $375m (£280m) Meta was ordered to pay in damages after a jury ruled in March that the company had knowingly harmed children's mental health, taking the total to almost $1bn.
Full article https://news.sky.com/story/meta-ordered-to-pay-almost-1bn-over-child-safety-failings-13570556
Isn't that a bit like saying go on selling tobacco, we will fine you and use the money to pay for cancer treatment? 