Meta Settles Landmark Child Safety Case for $16.7 Billion a Week Into Trial

Meta settled its landmark child safety case for a maximum of $16.7 billion on Wednesday. As part of the settlement, the court required Meta to introduce rules for teenage users, including daily time limits and blocks at nighttime. In agreeing to settle, Meta denied wrongdoing. The case, which was brought to the courts by 29 state attorneys general, could have cost the tech giant as much as $1.4 trillion. The case was filed by state attorneys general in California, Colorado, Kentucky and New Jersey who claimed that Meta developed "psychologically manipulative" features on its platforms that . . .