00:00Meta has agreed to pay $17 billion and introduce new child safety measures on Facebook and
00:05Instagram to settle claims brought by 47 U.S. states over teen social media addiction.
00:12The settlement cuts short a landmark trial in California where Meta was accused of deliberately
00:17designing features that made children addicted to its platforms and contributed to a youth
00:23mental health crisis.
00:25Under the deal, Meta will introduce daily time limits and pauses for young users, remove
00:31push notifications during weekday school hours and strengthen aid checks and parental controls.
00:38Beyond the settlement, the company was also accused of collecting data from children under
00:4213 without parental consent and hiding internal findings about the impact of its platforms.
00:50The $17 billion payment is a fraction of Meta's $201 billion revenue in 2025.
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