Meta Platforms said it agreed to pay up to $18 billion in landmark settlements to resolve social media claims from U.S. states that would require the company to make major changes to how it operates platforms like Facebook and Instagram. Key parts of the deal, disclosed in a court filing Wednesday, require the company to put new guardrails on its platforms, including restricting how much time youths can scroll and preventing them from switching off certain safety settings without parental consent. The agreement includes payments to resolve a variety of claims across multiple lawsuits.
At the heart of it was an ongoing trial in Oakland, California, in which multiple U.S. states alleged that the company deliberately designed Facebook and Instagram to encourage compulsive use among young users.
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