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Meta Pays $17B for Teen Safety Failures | Wilmington News
Meta just agreed to the biggest consumer protection settlement ever with a tech giant—$17.1 billion nationwide—to address allegations they knowingly designed addictive features for minors on Facebook and Instagram. North Carolina could get $451M–$645M of that. If approved, teens aged 13–17 will face default two-hour daily limits (requiring parental override), 15-minute scroll prompts, hidden like counts, disabled face-altering filters, and alerts for suspicious messages. Platforms must also block kids under 13. The deal stems from a lawsuit alleging Meta ignored known harms like disrupted…
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