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Meta Says AI Didn't Do The Firing. Ex-Employees Say Otherwise.

The deal adds default screen-time limits, overnight blocks and stronger parental controls for users under 18, while Meta denies wrongdoing.

Summary by Forbes
A lawsuit alleges Meta used AI to target employees with disabilities and medical leave during layoffs. Meta denies it. Lawyers weigh in.

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Meta has bought herself peace and quiet for 18 billion dollars and was allowed to negotiate the youth protection rules to which it submits. Two hours of Instagram, night mode, no likes — just shuts down all that, who wants. The machine remains, the responsibility wanders to the parents. And Europe? Does the better rules and does not apply them.

Meta has reached a settlement in a landmark lawsuit in which it was accused of making children and young people addicted to its platform, agreeing to pay a massive $16.7 billion in damages. In addition to the huge compensation, the company will take radical steps to protect young people.

Meta closes a lawsuit in the US with an agreement of 18 billion, introducing new limits of use for teenage users.

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Forbes broke the news in Jersey City, United States on Sunday, August 30, 2026.
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