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August 26, 2026
Meta to Pay $18 Billion and Implement Major Changes to Facebook and Instagram for Child Safety
- Meta will pay up to $18 billion to settle claims from 48 states regarding teen social media addiction, with at least $12.1 billion guaranteed over ten years.
- New restrictions will limit teen users to two hours a day on Instagram and Facebook, with breaks every 15 minutes, and will block access overnight.
- The settlement mandates stronger parental controls, age verification, and content restrictions to protect young users from harmful material, including the disabling of features like 'like' counts.
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- Meta agrees to massive settlement with states over child safetyAug 26, 2026 at 1:24 PM · Axios
- Meta agrees to pay up to $16.7bn to settle social media caseAug 26, 2026 at 1:32 PM · BBC
- Meta settles social media addiction trial with states for up to $17BAug 26, 2026 at 1:43 PM · The Hill
- Meta to pay up to $17 billion and dramatically change Instagram and Facebook to settle huge US court caseAug 26, 2026 at 1:59 PM · Independent
- What Meta agreed to in US teen safety settlementAug 26, 2026 at 4:01 PM · Reuters
- Meta settles in for $17B in landmark social media caseAug 26, 2026 at 5:04 PM · The Hill
- Meta reaches $18 billion settlement over teen social media addictionAug 26, 2026 at 7:01 PM · AP