Meta agrees to $18B settlement over youth safety, sets default time limits
Meta will pay up to $18 billion to settle a lawsuit from states over addictive design and data collection on young users. The company will set default two-hour daily limits for under-18s and block overnight usage, with parental overrides. Meta also challenges YouTube and TikTok to adopt similar measures.
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