Lights out, Instagram off? The changes to Meta for teens could be a big deal

Researchers and advocates are applauding the changes that Meta agreed to make for minors on Instagram and Facebook. Cutting kids off at night and during the school day are two big changes.

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

US tech giant agrees to establish further protections for teens such as daily usage limits and blocks on nighttime use Meta agreed to significant changes to its Instagram and Facebook apps in a settlement that ended a landmark lawsuit on Wednesday. Dozens of US states had accused the tech giant of addicting and harming

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.