Meta’s $18 Billion Settlement Sparks Global Youth Safety Reforms
Meta has agreed to an $18 billion settlement in the United States over allegations related to youth safety, triggering widespread analysis of how the deal will alter platform algorithms and teen account protections. The agreement is expected to influence regulatory approaches and corporate responsibility standards worldwide.
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Meta’s $18bn settlement shows the wrong way to keep kids safe
Relying on mutual compromise is a flawed way to protect young users
Read full article →What could Meta’s US settlement mean around the world – and what now for other claims against firm?
Other governments could seek similar concessions, while separate legal action is pending in places ranging from Kenya to the Netherlands In October 2021, Abrham Meareg’s father, a professor of chemistry in Ethiopia’s northern town of Bahir Dar, was shot at close range and died outside his family home. This was in the middle of the country’s civil war. For weeks, Facebook’s algorithm had actively promoted posts calling for the academic to be murdered, according to Meareg and Foxglove, a nonpro...
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Read full article →How teen accounts on Instagram and Facebook are changing after Meta's $18B US settlement
Changes are coming for teen Instagram and Facebook users after parent company Meta agreed to platform changes in a landmark U.S. settlement to resolve claims of online harms to youth. Experts tell CBC News what's changing, how widely and what impact this might have going forward.
By Jessica Wong
Read full article →Türkiye weighs updates after Meta youth safety deal
Türkiye is assessing whether further safeguards are needed after Meta agreed to pay up to $18 billion and introduce new limits on minors’ use of Facebook and Instagram under a settlement with U.S. state attorneys general.
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