Meta reaches $16.68 billion settlement over social media harms to children
Meta will add new teen safety controls, including daily time limits and overnight blocks, as part of a settlement with 47 states and territories.
- On Wednesday, Meta reached an $18 billion settlement with 52 attorneys general to resolve claims that Facebook and Instagram intentionally designed addictive features harming youth mental health.
- Years of litigation targeted features that allegedly 'wreaked havoc on youth mental health,' forcing Meta to add stronger child-safety measures including time limits and nighttime restrictions.
- Meta will distribute the $18 billion payout over 10 years, with participating states receiving approximately $12.7 billion; an independent auditor will assess compliance and make findings public if children remain at risk.
- Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti stated other companies should 'be paying very close attention,' arguing the settlement sets a precedent for holding social media and artificial intelligence platforms accountable.
- Meta called on peers TikTok and YouTube to implement similar safety frameworks, seeking to standardize protections across the industry to 'empower parents and support teens.
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Zuckerberg settles in the US, pays a payment of $18 billion, accepts new limits to the use of social media by minors. Few details, but there is a commitment to intervene on usage time, notifications and other functions, is put a brake on the mechanism of personalized feeds, but it is not disassembled. The doubts remain about the effectiveness of remedies, but the previous American will push other countries to do the same
A big settlement for Big Tech
The Facebook and Instagram owner settled with 47 states, the District of Columbia, and US territories on Wednesday, agreeing to pay financial penalties and make changes to its products over claims that its platforms endangered children. Meta agreed to limit how long teenagers can spend on its apps, allow teens to turn off “autoplay" on videos, and invest more in age-verification software. That last measure could be particularly important: Austra…
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Kids under 18 will soon see the changes on Instagram and Facebook thanks to a historic $18 billion settlement Meta Platforms reached with states.
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