Meta’s back-to-back courtroom losses in New Mexico and Los Angeles courts this week represent the first time that litigators have bypassed Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act of 1996, which protects online platforms from liability for user-posted content. Although Section 230 still shields platforms from being treated as publishers of user-generated content, juries in New Mexico and Los Angeles found Meta liable for platform design features that cause personal injury to children.

Following these novel legal theories driving landmark rulings — which Meta says it respectfully disagrees with — the time has come for Meta’s founder and CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, to apply the nimbleness he honed building Meta and practicing mixed martial arts to the company’s executive compensation structure. It’s time to tie Meta’s executive compensation to child safety. READ MORE