Meta Reaches Landmark Youth Safety Settlement, Imposes Teen Time Limits
Meta has agreed to pay up to $16.7 billion to 51 US states and territories to settle a federal lawsuit over its alleged failure to protect young users. The settlement also requires substantive product changes, including a default two-hour daily time limit for teens on Instagram and Facebook, which can only be lifted with parental approval. Meta urged other platforms like YouTube and TikTok to adopt similar measures.
Related stories
Meta settles multistate lawsuit with $17.1B and teen safeguards · Social media platforms
Zillow and Redfin settle antitrust case; Redfin to revive rental ad business · Software & cloud
TikTok and ByteDance pay $400 million to settle child privacy lawsuit · Social media platforms
This summary is AI-generated and original to Mobble; the linked article is the authoritative source.
Original headline: “Meta Will Pay Up to $16.7 Billion to Settle Its Social Media Harms Case—and That’s Not All.” Browse more stories.