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Meta to Pay $17.1 Billion in Settlement With 29 States Over Social-Media Addiction Claims

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Meta to Pay $17.1 Billion in Settlement With 29 States Over Social-Media Addiction Claims

Meta will pay a record $17.1 billion — and implement broad child-safety reforms on Instagram and Facebook — under a nationwide settlement with 26 state attorneys general, including California’s Rob Bonta.

The agreement, subject to court approval, resolves claims by the state AGs that Meta designed I

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