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Two verdicts in two days: How American courts are rewriting the rules for Big Tech and children

  • Written by Carolina Rossini, Professor of Practice and Director for Program, Public Interest Technology Initiative, UMass Amherst
Two verdicts in two days: How American courts are rewriting the rules for Big Tech and childrenJudge Bryan Biedscheid of New Mexico could order significant changes to how Instagram and Facebook operate.Nathan Burton/Santa Fe New Mexican via AP, Pool

Within 48 hours, the legal landscape governing social media and children shifted in ways that will take years to fully understand and verify.

On March 24, 2026, a Santa Fe jury ordered Meta to pay...

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