Kids under 18 will soon see a host of changes to their Instagram and Facebook experiences thanks to a historic $18 billion settlement Meta P...

Facebook and Instagram’s owner has agreed to pay up to 18 billion dollars (£13.3 billion) as part of a settlement ending a legal battle in t...

2026 has already brought a wave of setbacks for social media giants as pressure grows on Big Tech from regulators and lawmakers around the w...

Kids under 18 will soon see a host of changes to their Instagram and Facebook experiences thanks to a historic $18 billion settlement Meta P...

Of the overall amount, the company has pledged to shell out about $12.7 billion in installments to states over the next 10 years as a starti...

Guardrails can only work as well as a company's ability to accurately identify a user's age, and young people around the world have repeated...

Rochester parents and educators react to Meta lawsuit aftermath impact on kids ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Meta, the owner of Facebook and Instagr...

If YouTube, TikTok, and Snap all join, it could actually cost Meta more money. So why bother pleading with Snap?

Key parts of the deal require Meta Platforms to put new guardrails on its platforms, including restricting how much time youths can scroll.

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The historic settlement reignites ongoing concern around how age-verification technology puts privacy at risk.

“I’m hoping that the settlement hurts Meta a little bit,” one mom said. “I hope that Mark Zuckerberg doesn’t just think that this is the cos...

A landmark settlement between Meta and attorneys general across the country will see the technology giant pay more than $18 billion to state...

“I’m hoping that the settlement hurts Meta a little bit,” one mom said. “I hope that Mark Zuckerberg doesn’t just think that this is the cos...

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