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How Facebook and Instagram Will Change After Meta's $18B Settlement - and Where the Money Is Going
Meta will enforce two-hour daily limits, overnight blocks and age checks for users under 18 after settling the child-safety case.
- On Wednesday, Meta Platforms reached a $18 billion settlement with 48 U.S. states to resolve a child-safety lawsuit, agreeing to sweeping changes for Facebook and Instagram users under 18.
- Arturo Béjar, a former Meta engineering director, testified that the company previously took a "don't ask, don't tell" approach to detecting underage users, prioritizing profit over safety.
- New default settings include a two-hour daily time limit for teens, blocks between midnight and 6 a.m., hidden like counts, and prompts after 15 minutes of screen time encouraging "intentional use."
- Josh Golin, executive director of nonprofit Fairplay, argued the settlement fails to disable recommendation algorithms by default, while Eisenstat of the Cybersafety Research Center called it "monumental" but incomplete.
- Meta will pay $18 billion over 10 years to fund online safety programs, with just over $5 billion contingent on YouTube and TikTok implementing comparable child safety measures.
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Facebook and Instagram are about to undergo major changes for children under the age of 18. Features like a two-hour limit, night block, school mode, and break reminders are expected.
As part of the $18 billion agreement reached with 48 states, Meta pledged to add these restrictions to children's accounts within six months. Read
·Madrid, Spain
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Meta pays $18 billion and commits to protecting minors. That's a settlement that could make school if TikTok goes along.
·Frankfurt, Germany
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