Meta Platforms agreed Wednesday to pay up to $17.1 billion to settle a landmark lawsuit brought by 29 states alleging the company deliberately engineered Facebook and Instagram to be addictive to children, marking the largest single settlement in the company’s history and the biggest tech-industry payout ever recorded in a single case. Meta’s press release
Social media giant Meta has reached a settlement with US states and territories to resolve a court case related to child safety on Facebook and Instagram. The tech company says it will pay a maximum of $18bn (£13.3bn) to 48 states, plus the District of Columbia and three US territories. The settlement requires Meta introduce
Well, that was quick. Not even a quarter of the way into an expected 19-day federal trial over Meta’s alleged failure to protect young users, the social media giant agreed to settle the case. The company has agreed to pay up to $16.7 billion to 51 US states and territories, and make substantive product changes
Meta will pay up to $17.1 billion over 10 years — and implement broad child-safety reforms on Instagram and Facebook — under a nationwide settlement with 26 state attorneys general, including California’s Rob Bonta. The agreement, subject to court approval, resolves claims by the state AGs that Meta designed Instagram with addictive features, knowingly exposed
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