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Meta Agrees to Pay $17.1 Billion in Landmark Settlement With 47 States

From The NY Times: Meta on Wednesday reached a landmark settlement with 47 states, the District of Columbia and U.S. territories, agreeing to pay up to $17.1 billion in penalties and make major changes to its products over claims it endangered children with addictive social media platforms.

Ctd…In a dramatic capitulation, the owner of Facebook and Instagram agreed to the financial penalties for violating federal child privacy and states’ consumer protection laws, the states announced. 

Meta agreed to limit the time teens can spend on Facebook and Instagram to 2 hours a day and to block the teens from accessing the app and website between 10 pm and 6 am.

They also decided to stop a number of things they had for those kids to do.

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