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Principal recounts son’s Instagram sextortion ordeal at New Mexico Meta trial

By Maria Dinzeo ( March 3, 2026, 01:37 GMT | Insight) -- New Mexico’s attorney general called a high school principal to the stand on Monday to illustrate what the state says is the real-world impact of Meta Platforms’ platforms on children: students distracted in class, online harassment spilling into school hallways and, in one case, a sextortion scheme targeting his own son. A data science professor also continued his testimony about how Meta allegedly monetized teens' attention.As he walks the halls of the New Mexico School for the Arts, Head of School Eric Crites says he routinely sees students moving between classes with their heads bowed to their phones, scrolling. The app most often open, he told jurors Monday in the state’s trial against Meta Platforms over online harm to kids, is Instagram....

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