Meta reaches $17 billion settlement with dozens of states to resolve teen social media addiction cases

The federal lawsuit was the result of an investigation led by a bipartisan coalition of attorneys general from California, Florida, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Nebraska, New Jersey, Tennessee, and Vermont. The post Meta reaches $17 billion settlement with Mass., other states over teen social media addiction appeared first on Boston.com. Meta Platforms has agreed to pay US$17 billion and add child-safety measures to its Facebook and Instagram platforms to end a landmark trial over teen social media addiction and settle claims filed by 47 US states, state attorneys general announced on Wednesday.

California, Colorado, Kentucky and New Jersey were among 29 states that sued the tech giant in 2023, but the deal cuts short the trial, which was expected to see CEO Mark Zuckerberg take the stand before a jury in federal court in... Meta has agreed to a wide-ranging deal settling all claims in US federal and state courts which alleged the company's platforms harmed children. Meta did not respond immediately to a request for comment.

The US$17 billion settlement is a fraction of the company's 2025 revenue of US$201 billion. The tech giant has agreed to add child safety measures to its Facebook and Instagram platforms in the settlement, ending a landmark trial in the US. OAKLAND, Calif (AP) — Meta reaches $17 billion settlement with dozens of states to resolve teen social media addiction cases.

(AP) -- Meta has agreed to pay $17 billion and add child-safety measures to its Facebook and Instagram platforms to end a landmark trial over teen social media addiction and settle claims filed by 47 states, state attorneys general announced Wednesday. Meta agreed to pay up to $17 billion to settle allegations that its social media platforms are addictive. Meta will pay a record $17.1 billion — and implement broad child-safety reforms on Instagram and Facebook — under a nationwide settlement with 26 state attorneys general, including California’s Rob Bonta.

The agreement, subject to court approval, resolves claims by the state AGs that Meta designed Instagram with addictive features, knowingly exposed young users to […] Tech giant Meta Platforms agreed to pay U.S. states as much as $16.7 billion and to impose sweeping new limits on how teenagers use Facebook and Instagram, according to a court fil...

The social media giant settled with 47 states, the District of Columbia and U.S. territories, and agreed to make major changes to its products over claims its platforms endangered children.