After Meta Settlement, Teens Divided on New Instagram and Facebook Restrictions

Young people said the platforms could be a space for gathering, but also a waste of time.

New child protection measures Meta has promised as part of a massive legal settlement in the United States won’t be implemented in Canada.

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg chose to settle a landmark lawsuit against his company. Jon Putman/Anadolu via Getty Images Meta has agreed to pay up to US$17 billion over 10 years to settle claims brought by a bipartisan coalition of state attorneys general. The states argued that the company deliberately designed Facebook a

Mark Zuckerberg and Co. are implementing landmark restrictions as part of a massive settlement, and they're urging Snap, TikTok and YouTube to follow suit.

Meta just agreed to make sweeping changes for teens as part of a child safety settlement reached with attorneys general across the US. Under the agreement, Meta must apply new safeguards across Instagram and Facebook that will change how teens interact with the social media platforms, as well as restrict their use duri

Following Meta’s proposed $16.7 billion settlement over claims that its platforms were designed to be addictive to children, new restrictions would be introduced for US users under 18.

Meta has agreed to pay $17 billion and add child-safety measures to its Facebook and Instagram platforms to end a landmark trial over teen social media addiction and settle claims filed by 47 states