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Business · Corporate earnings · published 2026-08-26 · via Fortune

Meta's $17.1 billion settlement dwarfs previous tech privacy payouts by 12-fold

Meta's $17.1 billion child-safety settlement is more than 12 times the size of its previous $1.4 billion privacy settlement. It ranks as the largest state consumer-protection agreement since the tobacco settlements. The deal also mandates a two-hour daily time limit for under-18 users on Facebook and Instagram.

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