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2026年5月13日23:11 UTC 更新于48分钟前
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- Meta辩称其被要求为一项过于宽泛的计划买单
- 州专家将青少年心理健康危机与社交媒体使用挂钩
- 州方于周三完成举证
5月13日（路透社）——Meta平台的一名律师周三辩称，新墨西哥州37亿美元的青少年心理健康伤害解决方案计划过于宽泛，称该计划将迫使该公司为该州所有青少年支付心理健康护理费用，而非仅为其据称伤害的群体买单。
Meta的律师亚历克斯·帕金森在这场因新墨西哥州起诉Meta设计平台以引诱年轻用户成瘾的审判的第八天证词中，对州方的专家证人、经济学家凯利·奥康奈尔进行了质询。帕金森重点关注了奥康奈尔对一项为期15年的心理健康项目的成本估算，新墨西哥州主张Meta必须为该项目出资，以抵消该公司对年轻用户造成的伤害。
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帕金森询问奥康奈尔是否清楚该计划将要求Meta为该州所有青少年支付心理健康护理费用，无论其问题的起因是什么。
“你完全没有尝试确定这37亿美元中有多少比例与社交媒体完全无关？”帕金森问奥康奈尔，后者表示她确实没有。
奥康奈尔估算的37亿美元中，有超过28亿美元专门用于治疗该州11至17岁青少年的心理健康问题。该计划还涵盖公众意识宣传活动、筛查和转介服务。
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在这场没有陪审团参与的审判中，新墨西哥州请求圣达菲法官布莱恩·比德沙伊德裁定，根据新墨西哥州法律，Meta的平台是否构成“公共妨害”——这一裁定将允许法官下达旨在遏制对年轻用户所谓伤害的广泛补救措施。
此案源于民主党籍新墨西哥州总检察长劳尔·托雷斯提起的诉讼，指控Meta设计其平台以引诱年轻用户成瘾，并未能保护儿童免受性剥削。
路透社通过法庭观看网络对本次审判进行了跟踪报道，这是新墨西哥州诉讼的第二阶段。今年3月，陪审团认定Meta歪曲了Facebook、Instagram和WhatsApp对年轻用户的安全性，违反了该州的消费者保护法，并责令该公司支付3.75亿美元赔偿金。Meta表示将对该判决提起上诉。
州方派出的专家作证称，新墨西哥州青少年正面临心理健康危机，并将睡眠不足、饮食失调和自杀风险因素的增加与社交媒体使用联系起来。
这场于5月4日开始的审判，州方于周三完成了举证。Meta将在未来几天提交己方证人证词，比德沙伊德将在晚些时候发布书面裁决。
除了资助心理健康项目外，新墨西哥州还请求比德沙伊德责令Meta对其平台进行整改。根据法庭文件，这些整改措施可能包括年龄验证、重新设计算法以向未成年人推广优质内容，以及取消针对未成年人的自动播放和无限滚动功能。
新墨西哥州的案件是数千起指控Meta和其他社交媒体公司设计产品以引诱年轻人成瘾、加剧全国性心理健康危机的诉讼之一。
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Meta challenges New Mexico’s $3.7 billion plan for teen mental health in social media trial
2026-05-13 11:11 PM UTC / Reuters
By Diana Novak Jones
May 13, 2026 11:11 PM UTC Updated 48 mins ago
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- Meta argues that it’s being asked to pay for too broad a program
- State experts link teen mental health crisis to social media use
- The state rested its case on Wednesday
May 13 (Reuters) – A lawyer for Meta Platforms on Wednesday argued that New Mexico’s $3.7 billion proposal to address teen mental health harms goes too far, saying it would force the company to pay for mental health care for all of the state’s teenagers and not just those it allegedly hurt.
Meta attorney Alex Parkinson questioned the state’s expert witness, economist Kelly O’Connell, during testimony on the eighth day of a trial over the state’s lawsuit accusing Meta of designing its platforms to addict young users. Parkinson focused on O’Connell’s cost estimate for a 15-year mental health program that New Mexico is arguing Meta must fund to counteract the company’s harm to young users.
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Parkinson asked O’Connell whether she understood that the program would have Meta pay for mental health care for all teens in the state, regardless of what caused their problems.
“You haven’t at all attempted to determine what proportion of the 3.7 billion is completely unrelated to social media?” Parkinson asked O’Connell, who said she hadn’t.
O’Connell’s calculation of the $3.7 billion figure includes more than $2.8 billion specifically for treating mental health problems in youth between the ages of 11 and 17 in the state. The program also covers public awareness campaigns, screenings and referrals.
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In the trial, which does not involve a jury, the state is asking Santa Fe Judge Bryan Biedscheid to decide whether the company’s platforms have created a “public nuisance” under New Mexico law — a finding that would allow him to order wide-ranging remedies aimed at curbing alleged harms to young users.
The case stems from a lawsuit filed by New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez, a Democrat, accusing Meta of designing its platforms to addict young users and failing to protect children from sexual exploitation.
The trial, which Reuters is monitoring on Courtroom View Network, is the second phase of New Mexico’s lawsuit. A jury in March found Meta violated the state’s consumer protection law by misrepresenting the safety of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp for young users and ordered the company to pay $375 million in damages. Meta has said it will appeal that verdict.
The state has put forward experts who testified that New Mexico teens are experiencing a mental health crisis and connected increases in sleep deprivation, disordered eating and suicide risk factors to social media use.
The state rested its case on Wednesday in this phase of the trial, which began on May 4. Meta will present its own witnesses over the coming days, and Biedscheid will issue a written ruling at a later date.
In addition to funding the mental health program, New Mexico is asking Biedscheid to order Meta to make changes to its platforms. Those changes could include age verification, redesigning its algorithm to promote quality content for minors, and ending autoplay and infinite scroll for minors, according to court filings.
New Mexico’s case is among thousands of lawsuits accusing Meta and other social media companies of designing products to be addictive to young people, contributing to a nationwide mental health crisis.
Reporting by Diana Novak Jones
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