California Attorney General Says Settlement With Meta Includes Fundamental Changes To Instagram & Facebook
META•California settlement with Meta includes teen safety changes
Aug. 26 (Reuters) - California Attorney General:
- Attorney General Bonta secures transformative $17 billion settlement with Meta, proposed settlement includes fundamental changes to Instagram and Facebook
- California Attorney General: settlement with Meta includes default daily time limit of 2 hours for users under 18 that can only be lifted by a parent
- California Attorney General: proposed settlement includes requires Meta to respond 90% of teens reports on potentially harmful content within 6 hours
- California Attorney General: proposed settlement requires option for users under 18 to have non-personalized feed
- California AG: settlement with Meta include default nighttime block between midnight & 6 a.m. for users under 18 that can be lifted by parent
- California Attorney General: if other social media platforms agree to similar terms as Meta, daily time limit will drop to one hour for teen users
- California Attorney General: proposed settlement requires commitment from Meta to maintain, review, and improve existing teen content safety measures
- California Attorney General: Meta to institute measures to identify and remove kids under 13 from their platforms
- California Attorney General: Meta subject to injunction barring "false, misleading, or deceptive statements" around safety features
- California Attorney General: proposed settlement requires Meta to blocks notifications to users under 18 from 10 p.m. to 7 a.m. and during school day
