Meta's $18bn settlement may hasten reckoning for social media on child safety
📍 Where it landed
Meta finalized an $18 billion multistate settlement that triggered new parental controls, age checks, time limits and a midnight cutoff for teen users. The deal was portrayed as a catalyst for a broader reckoning over child safety on social platforms and drew regulatory attention across the Atlantic.
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Meta's $18bn settlement may hasten reckoning for social media on child safety BBC · 24d ago broke it first
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