Meta reaches $16.68 billion settlement over social media harms to children
- Meta Platforms Inc. and a coalition of 29 states are engaged in discussions regarding a potential mid-trial settlement to resolve allegations that Facebook and Instagram are deliberately designed to hook teenage users.
- The high-stakes trial, which opened this month in Oakland, features testimony from Instagram head Adam Mosseri regarding claims the company knowingly fueled a youth mental health crisis while misleading consumers about platform safety.
- Beyond addiction claims, the lawsuit alleges Meta violated the federal Children's Online Privacy Protection Act by collecting data from children under 13 without consent, raising implications for how companies train generative AI models.
- While the four leading trial states seek roughly $200 billion, Meta has noted states could demand up to $1.4 trillion; any deal faces complications given varying political calculations across 29 attorneys general.
- Separately, Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford announced a potential settlement with an unnamed technology company, while Meta aims to stop the public release of internal documents that could emerge during continued litigation.
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Meta reaches $17bn settlement in US that will include 'fundamental changes to Instagram and Facebook'
California’s Attorney General said the settlement will ‘make social media less dangerous for our kids and make a world of a difference for children and their families’.
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Meta Agrees To Settle Landmark Social Media Addiction Case For $17 Billion, Enhanced Protections For Teens
California Attorney General Rob Bonta and coalition of 51 attorneys unveiled a proposed settlement with social media giant Meta for up to $17 billion along with remedies designed to help protect teens from alleged mental health harms associated with social media use, the crux of a landmark lawsuit, including bans and blocks on features The settlement is subject to court approval. The landmark suit which began August 18 in U.S. District Court f…
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