Meta agrees to settlement with 47 states in lawsuits Texas has secured a historic settlement worth over $1 billion from Meta Platforms Inc., requiring the social media giant to implement sweeping new safety features for young users on Facebook and Instagram, state officials announced Wednesday. FOX 26’s Mekenna Earnhart has more. HOUSTON – Texas has...Read More
For just under a year from 2022 to 2023, George Volichenko had what I have come to think of as the median experience of working in trust and safety at Meta. Hired to work on Instagram’s “teen mental well-being team,” the data scientist soon found that Meta made it difficult to ship features that meaningfully...Read More
SHREVEPORT, La. (KSLA) – Louisiana is set to receive about $180 million from Meta as part of a settlement over allegations the company’s social media platforms targeted children with addictive content. The attorney general says the money could help protect children online. Largest settlement since tobacco case The settlement is the largest consumer protection settlement...Read More
BATON ROUGE, La. (WVUE) – Louisiana has agreed to a settlement with Meta over concerns that its apps are addictive to children, according to Attorney General Liz Murrill. The state will receive $180 million spread out over nine years. Forty-eight other states are also part of the settlement. The money will go toward things like...Read More
BATON ROUGE, La. (WVUE) – Louisiana has agreed to a settlement with Meta over concerns that its apps are addictive to children, according to Attorney General Liz Murrill. The state will receive $180 million spread out over nine years. Forty-eight other states are also part of the settlement. The money will go toward things like...Read More
Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) (AFP) – The Brazilian government on Wednesday said it was suing the Discord messaging platform for nearly $100 million in damages over its alleged failure to protect children from harmful content and demanded it adopt stronger safeguards. Issued on: 27/08/2026 – 02:08 2 min Reading time Brazil’s National Data Protection Agency...Read More
Delaware will receive up to $103 million from Meta – the parent company of Facebook and Instagram – to settle a multistate lawsuit. As part of the settlement – which still needs final federal court approval – Delaware will receive a guaranteed $73.6 million over the next 10 years starting with an $11 million payment...Read More
As part of the settlement, the social media giant has agreed to make a number of changes to the way Instagram and Facebook operate for its youngest users. Some experts say it is long overdue. The new safety barriers include a two-hour time limit across both platforms, which will be a default setting for known...Read More
The Brazilian government on Wednesday said it was suing the Discord messaging platform for nearly $100 million in damages over its alleged failure to protect children from harmful content and demanded it adopt stronger safeguards. The Brazilian government on Wednesday said it was suing the Discord messaging platform for nearly $100 million in damages over...Read More
