Meta's $18B settlement includes allowance to keep kids' data for age detection
Meta's settlement with 29 state attorneys general includes a provision allowing the company to retain and use data from children under 13 to train an age-detection model. The states agree not to sue Meta under COPPA or similar laws for this specific use, with guardrails prohibiting ad targeting. The deal raises enforcement questions since the FTC is not a party.
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