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Meta’s $18 billion teen safety reckoning

The Media OnlineRob Nicholls · 28 August 2026 at 04:50

Meta settles landmark teen safety lawsuit: Meta will pay up to $18 billion to resolve claims that Facebook and Instagram were designed to keep teens addicted and collected children’s data without parental consent. New default protections for teens: Teen accounts will get night-time access limits…

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