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Meta to pay US$18 billion and limit teen access to settle US addiction case

SCMP Culture 26 August 2026 Yesterday
Meta to pay US$18 billion and limit teen access to settle US addiction case
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Meta agreed to pay a coalition of US states as much as US$16.7 billion and to impose sweeping new limits on how teenagers use Facebook and Instagram, according to a court filing on Wednesday that ends a landmark trial in California. The settlement, which a federal judge quickly approved, resolves claims by 29 states that Meta deliberately engineered its platforms to hook young users, misled the pu
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