Court orders Instagram and Facebook's Meta to pay $567M to address kids' mental health online

Judge Bryan Biedscheid said in a ruling late Thursday that the bulk of the money will be used for treatment services for young people.

<img src='https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/6263x4175+0+0/resize/6263x4175!/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Ff7%2Fa1%2F42d9e24c42258f4f2cfc786c5c06%2Fap26218844067160.jpg' alt='FILE - A Meta logo is shown on a video screen at LlamaCon 2025, an AI developer conference, in Menlo Park, Calif., April 29, 2025.'/><p>Judge Bryan Biedscheid said in a ruling late Thursday that the bulk of the money will be used for treatment services for young people.<br><br></p><p>(Image credit: Jeff Chiu)</p><img src='https://media.npr.org/include/images/tracking/npr-rss-pixel.png?story=nx-s1-5924581' />