Meta will have to change as a result of today’s landmark settlement—but not as substantially as critics might have hoped, @kait.bsky.social writes.

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• The Atlantic left

  Meta will have to change as a result of today’s landmark settlement—but not as substantially as critics might have hoped, @kait.bsky.social writes.
• Investing.com Stocks

  Meta settlement opens new front in global fight over social media harm
• Reuters

  Meta settlement opens new front in global fight over social media harm reut.rs/4zL2Ii4
• The New York Times left

  Meta reached a landmark legal settlement on Wednesday over claims that its technology was addictive to children. Will this start a new era of accountability for Big Tech? Listen to "The Daily."
• Guardian Business left

  This week’s settlement without liability was pragmatic, but it doesn’t change the inevitability of further lawsuits around the world Not many people would count paying $18bn they didn’t expect to when they woke up that morning as a victory. Yet for Meta, the owners of Facebook and Instagram, the agreement with 52 US attorneys general to settle claims that it designed its products to be addictive to children, and misled people about their safety, could be described as a win of sorts. Meta denies
• CNN left

  Meta agreed to make sweeping changes to its platforms as part of an $18 billion multistate settlement over claims its platforms contributed to a youth mental health crisis. Whether the settlement fundamentally alters the company's business remains an open question. https://cnn.it/4glHG1R