Meta's AG settlement will be distributed to the 48 signing states and four jurisdictions in annual installments over a 10-year period based on their populations (Meghan Bobrowsky/Wall Street Journal)

Meta will pay up to $18 billion to settle claims from 48 U.S. states and four jurisdictions, distributing the money in annual installments over ten years proportionally to each jurisdiction’s population. The agreement imposes daily time limits for teenage users and requires algorithmic feed controls, with roughly $5.3 billion of the payout contingent on YouTube and TikTok adopting comparable safeguards.