Meta’s $18 Billion Settlement Could Reshape Online Age Verification

Meta paid $17 billion for exploiting children — and made $130 billion doing it

This year, we’ve witnessed a tidal wave of positive movement to protect children online with the avalanche of Big Tech legal cases, and Meta is facing some of the most significant consequences. Now Congress has the opportunity to turn that momentum into lasting, industrywide standards. Meta’s $17 billion settlement with more than 47 state attorneys […]

Professors weigh in on Meta's $17 billion settlement

Meta reached a $17 billion settlement with dozens of U.S. states to address claims regarding the harmful effects of Facebook and Instagram on young users while implementing new safety policies for minors.

Bird Announces Iowa is First State in Meta Settlement to Create Consumer Restitution Fund

Attorney General Brenna Bird announced today how her office will distribute the recent $126 million settlement from Meta. Per terms of the settlement, half (approximately $68 million) must be used to address harms at issue in the lawsuit. This includes $25 million which will be returned to Iowans hurt by Meta’s practices aimed at children. The settlement comes after Attorney General Bird sued Meta in April […]

Meta’s $18 Billion Settlement Could Reshape Online Age Verification

Meta’s $18 billion settlement with 48 U.S. states could force social media platforms to rethink how they identify underage users without turning age verification into another source of privacy risk.The agreement resolves allegations that Facebook and Instagram harmed young users and violated children’s privacy protections. Beyond its record financial cost, the settlement requires Meta to introduce an age assurance framework with specific accurac…