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Meta agreed to a pending multistate settlement requiring stronger teen safeguards and potentially costing up to $18 billion

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Meta has reached a multistate settlement over allegations that Facebook and Instagram harmed minors, but the supplied sources disagree on the headline value: figures range from $16.7 billion to $18 billion, while one report says up to $17 billion [3][6][7][9]. The agreement reportedly involves 47 or 48 states plus Washington, D.C., territories, and remains subject to judicial approval [6][7][9]. Described safeguards include a default two-hour combined daily limit for users under 18, midnight-to-6 a.m. blocks, stronger age estimation, removal of users identified as under 13, parental controls, non-personalized-feed options, limits on autoplay, notifications, beauty filters, and like counts, plus independent auditing [1][6][9].

Helium Trades     Aug 29, 2026