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Meta Pays Big to Protect Kids Online | Topeka News
Kansas is set to receive nearly $135 million from a landmark $17 billion nationwide settlement with Meta, one of the biggest consumer protection deals ever — rivaling historic tobacco settlements. The agreement, stemming from multi-state investigations into how social media platforms exploit kids’ mental health, forces Meta to overhaul Instagram and Facebook for younger users: daily time limits, school-hour and nighttime restrictions, stronger age verification, parental controls, and removal of harmful features like certain filters. This marks the first time a major platform has agreed to…
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