Meta Reaches $17 Billion Settlement With States Over Child Safety Claims
Meta will add new teen safety controls, including daily time limits and overnight blocks, as part of a settlement with 47 states and territories.
- Meta agreed to a $17 billion settlement with 47 U.S. states to resolve claims that it designed Facebook and Instagram to addict children and misled the public about platform safety, ending a federal trial in Oakland, California.
- Under the settlement, Meta will implement child safety measures including hard limits on daily usage, blocking app access from midnight to 6 a.m. without parental consent, pausing usage at intervals, and banning harmful content such as bullying and eating disorder material.
- The deal requires Meta to enhance age verification, improve parental controls, stop push notifications during school hours, and restrict social comparison features like visible 'like' counts.
- States will receive payments over ten years, contingent on other platforms adopting similar protections, with California receiving the largest share, approximately $2.2 billion.
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