What Meta agreed to in US teen safety settlement
META•What Meta agreed to
Meta has agreed to implement teen safeguards, including a default two-hour daily limit across Facebook and Instagram, overnight blocks from midnight to 6 a.m., age-checking measures and disabling push notifications during school hours of 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. for teen users.
It has guaranteed payment of 70% of the settlement, or roughly $12.7 billion, over a decade.
Meta will pay the remaining amount, around $5 billion, only if rivals Snap, TikTok and Alphabet-owned YouTube adopt similar measures, including tighter one-hour-per-app daily limits and wider overnight blocks from 10 p.m. to 7 a.m., and the larger platforms agree to comparable payments to the states.
Meta also agreed to hide likes and reactions from teens by default, including on their own posts and those of others.
The changes will be phased in after the settlement takes effect, with a non-personalized feed due within four months, broader compliance measures within six months, and major age-assurance requirements due within one year.
