Zuckerberg’s Meta Agrees to Pay $17B in Bombshell Child Safety Case

Mike Blake/File Photo/Reuters Meta has agreed to pay a staggering $17 billion to settle a sweeping child safety case. Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta faced lawsuits from 47 states and U.S. territories over claims that it violated federal child privacy and states’ consumer protection laws. The states accused Meta of deliberately designing its platforms “to entice, engage, and ultimately ensnare youth and teens,” while failing to adequately address the harm they caused to the “mental and physical…