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Age Verification Key to Meta's Child Safety Compliance, but It Still Needs Work
The deal requires default time limits, muted school-hour alerts and stricter age checks for teen users as Meta seeks to curb future child-safety claims.
- Meta settled lawsuits from 47 states, Washington, D.C., and territories last week, agreeing to pay up to $17.1 billion and implement significant product changes for users aged 13-17.
- Leaked internal research revealed Instagram worsened body image for 32% of teenage girls and amplified suicidal ideation in 13.5% of UK teens, exposing Meta's use of addictive design features.
- Meta will implement a two-hour daily default limit, disable cosmetic filters, hide likes, and block app access between midnight and 6 a.m., with protections rolling out within six months.
- California Attorney General Rob Bonta called it the "highest amount of money ever paid in a case like this," while Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier criticized the deal as insufficient.
- While teens generate less than 1% of Meta's revenue, Meta is calling on rivals YouTube and Snap to adopt identical default limits, risking user migration to unrestricted platforms.
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Meta has just agreed to pay up to $18 billion to close one of the most important processes on the effects of social networks on children. Specifically, Meta has reached an agreement with the authorities of 29 American states, in one of the most important processes on the safety of children on social networks.
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