Meta says it reached a deal with 51 US AGs, including "strict daily time limits teens can't turn off", and calls on TikTok and YouTube to adopt the standards (Meta Newsroom)

Meta agreed to pay up to $18 billion to settle claims from 51 U.S. state attorneys general that Facebook and Instagram were designed to addict children, and the settlement imposes strict daily time limits and algorithmic feed controls that teens cannot disable. Approximately $5.3 billion of the payout depends on TikTok and YouTube adopting comparable safeguards, with the remaining funds distributed to the signing states over ten years based on population.