Parents urge Congress after Meta's $17 billion child-safety settlement

Fox Business • 27 Aug 18:20

Parent activists say Meta's $17 billion settlement over child-social-media addiction is inadequate and are pressing lawmakers to pass the Kids Online Safety Act for broader protections.

Al Jazeera • 27 Aug 15:19

Meta has agreed to a $18 billion settlement with 48 U.S. states, requiring it to add usage limits, night curfews and parental-control tools for users under 18 on its platforms.

Fortune • 27 Aug 13:50

Meta has agreed to a U.S. settlement that will tighten age verification, impose a two-hour daily limit for users under 18, block access from midnight to 6 a.m., and hide like counts, with most measures lasting ten years.

CNBC • 27 Aug 11:00

Meta will pay about $12.7 billion over ten years and implement usage limits for teens, while separate actions and lawsuits against the company and other platforms remain pending.

The Free Press • 27 Aug 02:13

Meta will pay up to $18 billion to U.S. states and territories and implement limits on teen usage, notifications, and visible engagement metrics on its platforms.

CBS News • 26 Aug 23:53

Meta will pay up to $17.1 billion and implement new child-safety features after 47 states sued the company for allegedly designing addictive platforms and violating child-privacy laws.

Fox Business • 26 Aug 23:36

Meta agreed to pay up to $18 billion and implement new safeguards for minors after settlements with 52 state attorneys general, while Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti said the deal could set a precedent for the industry.

BBC • 26 Aug 23:04

Meta will pay up to $18 billion to resolve U.S. claims that Facebook and Instagram violated children's privacy laws, and will implement limits on usage, messaging, and content visibility for teen users.

New York Post • 26 Aug 22:33

Meta will pay $18 billion to resolve state lawsuits accusing the company of endangering children, and will implement new limits and parental controls on its platforms.

NBC News • 26 Aug 16:39

Meta Platforms will pay up to $18 billion to settle a multi-state lawsuit over alleged social-media addiction, and will impose new limits and safety tools for teenage users.

TechCrunch • 26 Aug 13:43

Meta will pay up to $18 billion to resolve claims that its platforms were designed to addict children and that it collected data from minors without parental consent, while proposing new teen-safety features.

CNBC • 26 Aug 13:05

Meta will pay up to $16.7 billion and implement new safety features for its platforms after a coalition of state attorneys general sued the company over alleged harms to children.

NPR • 25 Aug 22:50

In an Oakland courtroom, Instagram head Adam Mosseri said the 2021 “Take a Break” feature saw low adoption among teens and was later made default, while state attorneys questioned Meta’s disclosures to users and parents.

Good Morning America • 25 Aug 16:04

Adam Mosseri, head of Instagram, is slated to appear in federal court in Oakland as part of a lawsuit by state attorneys general accusing Meta of designing its apps to addict children.

CNBC • 22 Aug 12:00

U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers, newly appointed chief judge of the Northern District of California, is presiding over a state-led trial that could reshape Meta's advertising practices and affect its revenue.

NBC News • 20 Aug 12:02

In a federal trial, ex-Meta engineering director Arturo Béjar said CEO Mark Zuckerberg placed platform growth ahead of safeguards for young users, alleging the company ignored safety concerns to boost engagement and profit.

NPR • 19 Aug 21:20

In a federal case brought by a coalition of states, former Meta safety engineer Arturo Béjar said the firm’s culture favored user numbers and revenue over protecting teenage users.

CNBC • 19 Aug 01:34

California Attorney General Rob Bonta clarified that the federal case against Meta centers on civil penalties and restitution rather than a trillion-dollar damages award.

NPR • 18 Aug 23:37

Four U.S. states have sued Meta Platforms, claiming the company designed Instagram and Facebook to hook minors and violated child-privacy laws, while the firm denies the accusations.

The Guardian • 18 Aug 08:31

More than half of US states are suing Meta, claiming its platforms are deliberately engineered to addict minors, with the trial in Oakland expected to last six to eight weeks.

Fox Business • 17 Aug 18:05

Meta will go on trial in Oakland after state attorneys general claim Facebook and Instagram were engineered to foster addiction among young users, with CEO Mark Zuckerberg expected to testify.

CNBC • 17 Aug 12:00

A federal jury in Oakland will hear a case brought by a coalition of state attorneys general accusing Meta of violating child-privacy and consumer-protection laws, with potential penalties that could reshape the company's operations.