Meta Teen Safety Settlements
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- Colin LecherThe Markup
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- Casey NewtonPlatformer
- Anna MerlanMother Jones
- Mark HallamDeutsche Welle
- Emily CherkinThe Free Press
- Queenie WongLos Angeles Times
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- Abbie LlewelynEvening Standard
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- Meta agrees to a $17-billion settlement with 47 states, ending a landmark teen social media addiction trial and averting Mark Zuckerberg’s expected testimony in California federal court.
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- 27 Aug
Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, has agreed to pay as much as $16.7 billion (roughly €14.3 billion) and to impose new limits on how teenagers use its social media sites as part of a lawsuit in California brought by a number of US states.
Coverage 9 articles
- 28 Aug How teen accounts on Instagram and Facebook are changing after Meta's $18B US settlement
CBC 
27 Aug Government expects Meta’s new protections for teenagers in US to apply in UK
Evening Standard
27 Aug Father pushes for change after Meta's $18 billion settlement
NBC News
27 Aug Meta to pay $17 billion, overhaul Facebook and Instagram in teen addiction settlement
Los Angeles Times
27 Aug Meta’s Social Media Settlement Is Not Enough
The Free Press
27 Aug Meta settles in US states lawsuit on teen user addiction
Deutsche Welle
27 Aug Meta Doesn’t Want to Be a Social Media Company Anymore
Mother Jones
27 Aug Meta settles with the states over child safety failures
Platformer
24 Aug Brazil gives parents social media controls for their kids. Should the US?
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