New Mexico lays out remedy trial case for Meta age-verification, compliance monitor | MLex | Specialist news and analysis on legal risk and regulation

May 5, 2026

Lawyers for New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez told a judge Tuesday that Meta Platforms should be required to enable age-verification measures with 99 percent accuracy to keep children under age 13 off its apps, as they began to make the case for a court-appointed compliance monitor and a 90-hour monthly cap on the use of Facebook and Instagram for New Mexico teens.  

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