Social Media Debate Shaken up by Meta Settlement
The deal includes design changes for teen users and could require Meta to pay more than $17 billion over 10 years if rivals follow suit.
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Letter: South Dakota’s Meta settlement should build something better for kids
About 60,000 South Dakota children need after-school or summer care, while only 20,000 are served. Cost, distance and transportation remain major barriers, especially in rural and tribal communities.
Unpacking Meta’s Massive Settlement with State Attorneys General Over Alleged Harms to Minors
Voluntary legal settlements involve compromises by plaintiffs and defendants. No party gets everything it originally wanted or sought to forestall. Advocacy groups with mission-driven interests in a case’s outcome rarely are satisfied. These realities arise when evaluating a consent judgment and related settlement agreement filed on August 26 in federal court in Oakland, California. They resolve the harms-to-minors claims of four dozen states (p…
Social media debate shaken up by Meta settlement
Those who’ve fought on Capitol Hill to rein in social media platforms see last week’s settlement between Meta and state attorneys general not as a final destination, but as a roadmap to what’s possible. Privacy and First Amendment advocates are worried they’re right. The settlement comes as the House and Senate have taken divergent paths […]
Virginia Attorney General Creates Worker, Federal Accountability Units as Office Highlights Meta Settlement
Virginia Attorney General Jay Jones has created two new units within the Office of the Attorney General, one focused on worker protections and another assigned to legal challenges involving the federal government. Jones’ office highlighted the new Worker Protection Unit and the Federal Accountability Unit in a weekly roundup that also included Virginia’s share of a multistate settlement with Meta and community outreach efforts across the state. …
Meta has reached a settlement with 47 states, including New Jersey, and the District of Columbia. Meta was previously accused of using addictive features to harm the mental health of teenagers and mislead the public. This settlement does not represent an admission of wrongdoing, but it avoids a subsequent jury trial. New Jersey, one of the four lead states that filed the lawsuit in 2023, is expected to receive between $525 million and $752 milli…
Social media debate shaken up by Meta settlement – Roll Call | #childpredator | #kidsaftey | #childsaftey - National Cyber Security Consulting
Those who’ve fought on Capitol Hill to rein in social media platforms see last week’s settlement between Meta and state attorneys general not as a final destination, but as a roadmap to what’s possible. Privacy and First Amendment advocates are worried they’re right. The settlement comes as the House and Senate have taken divergent paths […] Thank you for subscribing to our RSS feed!
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