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Judge wraps the New Mexico bench trial with the same reservations he had at its onset
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First Judicial District Judge Bryan Biedscheid asked the New Mexico and Meta Platforms to seek a middle ground in their final requests.
“I am hoping that what I’m going to get are ideas that I can put together, that maybe are less maximalist than some that I have seen in the last three weeks, and more along the lines of, ‘here’s what actually might be reasonable.’”
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He also pointed out that what he has heard so far is about the entire social media industry and not just Meta Platforms.
“I do have concerns still about, most importantly, I’d have to say, the degree to which I am a court dealing with one party,” Biedscheid said. “So much of what I’ve heard is about the entire industry of social media as a whole.”
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In addition to product changes and declaring Meta Platforms a public nuissance, New Mexico is aslo asking the judge to order Meta to pay $3.7 B over 15 years ($247 million per year) to fund teen health.
https://sourcenm.com/2026/05/26/judge-asks-new-mexico-meta-to-be-pragmatic-as-bench-trial-ends/
Assessment
The judge’s closing remarks remain positive for Meta Platforms as they signal that he may be less inclined to order significant changes to the platform.