Meta Paid $17B – Gets to Write Safety Rules for Other SocMedia Platform

Meta agreed to pay roughly $17 billion to settle lawsuits from 52 state and local attorneys general over child-safety concerns on its platforms, while committing to implement new safety features and urging YouTube and TikTok to adopt the same measures. The settlement embeds mandatory age-verification and extensive data collection across Meta’s services, raising First-Amendment, privacy and surveillance objections voiced by the EFF and Fight for the Future.