News Summary

• The possibility emerged amid legal gamesmanship in the runup to a bench trial next week.
• It’s the second phase of a case that already resulted in $375 million in civil penalties.
• Meta says it was unfeasible for the company to meet a proposed requirement for 99% accuracy in verifying that child users are at least 13 years old.“I highly doubt that they’re going to be willing and able to turn the lights off for their product all over the country,” New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez said.