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Headline: UNCAPTIONED: Meta Agrees to $18 Billion Settlement Over Claims Its Platforms Harm Children
Caption: Meta Agrees to $18 Billion Settlement Over Claims Its Platforms Harm Children. Meta has agreed to pay up to $18 billion to settle claims that Facebook and Instagram harmed children. The settlement covers 48 states, Washington DC and three U.S. territories, making it Meta’s largest child-safety payment. Meta denies wrongdoing but will introduce stricter protections for teenage users across its social media platforms. Night Mode will automatically block notifications between midnight and 6am unless parents or guardians disable it. Teenagers will also face a default two-hour daily limit across Facebook and Instagram without parental permission. Other measures include hidden likes, school-hour notification blocks, usage reminders and an option for non-algorithmic feeds. Meta will also disable autoplay, restrict extreme makeup filters and provide parents greater control over access. California officials called the settlement a major victory, urging TikTok and YouTube to adopt similar protections. Instructions: THIS VIDEO MUST NOT BE EDITED FOR LENGTH TO COMBINE WITH OTHER CONTENT
Keywords: Current Affairs & Politics,Meta,Facebook,Instagram,$18 billion settlement,child safety,teenage users,Washington DC,California,parental controls,Night Mode,screen time,algorithmic feeds,TikTok,YouTube
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