Meta's $17.1 billion settlement is 27% of its annual profit and three times its Scale AI investment
Meta's $17.1 billion settlement with 29 states over child safety is the largest tech payout in history. The sum equals about 27% of Meta's 2025 profit and 8% of its revenue. It is also more than three times the $5 billion stake CEO Mark Zuckerberg's company holds in Scale AI.
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