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Texas Gets $1B from Meta for Teens | Texas News
Texas is set to receive over a billion dollars from Meta as part of a major multi-state settlement aimed at protecting youth online. The funds will fund mental health and digital literacy programs statewide, while Meta agrees to enforce strict new guardrails for teens: default two-hour daily screen time limits, parental consent for exceeding that, muted notifications during school hours, blocked features late at night, hidden like counts, and enhanced age verification. Parents also get better monitoring tools. This marks another big win for Texas in its ongoing battles with tech giants over…
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