New Facebook and Instagram Rules Are Coming for Teens. Will They Help?

As part of a settlement announced this week, Meta agreed to sweeping changes for young people using their platforms. Experts break down what will help — and what might not

Meta agreed to an eighteen billion dollar settlement with fifty-two attorneys general. The company will implement major protective overhauls for under-eighteen users across its platforms. These changes include time limits and automatic night mode for minors. Automatic screen-time alerts and hidden like counts will a

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

The social-media colossus will alter the way teens can use its platforms

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

A landmark settlement between Meta and attorneys general across the country will see the technology giant pay more than $18 billion to states, but also roll out several changes to better protect kids and teens on its Facebook and Instagram platforms.   The settlement proposal, which awaits a judge’s approval, will end

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.

Child safety groups and former Meta employees welcome proposed changes to how the company’s platforms will work for teens. They also think states should demanded more.

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

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.

Other sites such as YouTube, TikTok and Snapchat could be required to introduce similarly dramatic changes

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