Meta Agrees to $18 Billion Settlement Over Teen Safety Concerns
Meta has reached a landmark $18 billion agreement with U.S. authorities to implement stricter safety protections for teenage users across its social media platforms. The settlement addresses longstanding allegations regarding the impact of its apps on adolescent mental health.
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Meta agrees to major new protections for teenagers in $18bn US settlement
Stricter measures, including time limits, will not apply to youngsters in other countries
By Ian Duncan, Gerrit De Vynck and Miriam Waldvogel
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Meta agreed Wednesday to pay up to $18 billion and add stronger child-safety measures to its Facebook and Instagram platforms as part of a landmark legal settlement that ended a trial over teen social media addiction and settled claims filed by nearly every state. The settlement resolved a pivotal case years in the making that sought to hold the tech giant accountable for the role its platforms played in undermining children’s mental health. The effort targeted features designed to hook young pe
By The Korea Herald
Read full article →Meta’s $18bn settlement may hasten reckoning for social media on child safety
Meta's decision to settle the case on Wednesday came as a surprise.
By Abubakar Ibrahim
Read full article →Meta agrees to payments of up to $18bn under US teen safety settlement
New Delhi: Meta has agreed to payments of up to approximately $18 billion under a proposed settlement with a bipartisan group of US attorneys general over...
By Times of Oman
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