Meta Settlement Targets Teen Scrolling as BGSU Professor Discusses Why It’s Hard to Stop
State leaders say Arkansas can use school limits, transparency rules and safeguards to curb AI harms before they become entrenched.
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Meta settlement targets teen scrolling as BGSU professor discusses why it’s hard to stop
Meta has agreed to pay up to $17.1 billion to a group of states and U.S. territories and put new limits on teenagers’ use of Instagram and Facebook. The settlement follows states’ allegations that the company built features to keep children scrolling despite risks to their mental health. The agreement, announced Aug. 26, includes Ohio. Meta will pay at least $12.1 billion over 10 years, with additional payments depending on whether other socia…
Arkansas fought hard to rein in social media. It needs to do the same with AI.
The multibillion-dollar settlement Arkansas and other states reached with Facebook parent Meta validated a cause that’s been a rare area of bipartisan consensus: reining in social media. Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders has pushed for limits on teens’ use of social media and screen time, while fellow Republican Attorney General Tim Griffin is fighting TikTok, Snapchat […]
Meta’s $17 Billion Settlement Won’t Hold Big Tech Accountable – The American Spectator | USA News and Politics
Seventeen billion dollars sounds like an extraordinary punishment until you learn Meta can cover each annual payment with about two days of revenue. Meta’s landmark settlement with 51 state and territory attorneys general over allegations that Facebook and Instagram were deliberately engineered to addict children has been celebrated as a historic victory for accountability. The company will pay approximately $12.1 billion guaranteed, with the to…
Meta’s $18bn settlement shows why the UK must act on children’s social media harms
When one of the world’s most powerful technology companies agrees to pay up to $18bn over claims that its platforms harmed children, governments everywhere should pay attention. Meta denies wrongdoing, but the scale of the settlement, and the changes agreed for Facebook and Instagram in the United States, should be a wake-up call for the
Meta reaches $17 billion settlement with states in landmark trial over teen social media addiction | #childpredator | #onlinepredator | #sextrafficing - National Cyber Security Consulting
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Meta has agreed to pay $17 billion and add stronger child-safety measures to its Facebook and Instagram platforms to end a landmark trial over teen social media addiction and settle claims filed by 47 states, state attorneys general announced Wednesday. The settlement resolves a pivotal legal case years in the making […] Thank you for subscribing to our RSS feed!
Social media giant Meta has reached a settlement of up to $18 billion with 29 states in a landmark lawsuit alleging that it neglected child safety on its Facebook and Instagram platforms. Under the massive deal, which includes a two-hour time limit for young people, the company will record $10 billion in legal expenses that will impact its profits.
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