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Illinois Settles with Meta for Youth Safety | Springfield News
Illinois is set to receive up to $768 million from a landmark $17.1 billion national settlement with Meta, resolving a three-year legal battle over social media’s impact on youth mental health. The state will invest its share over ten years into youth mental health and digital safety programs, mirroring past tobacco and opioid settlement funds. Meta must also strengthen age verification, limit engagement tactics for teens, and comply with new device-based age checks — with steep fines for violations. Officials see this as just the start of a broader push to hold tech giants accountable for…
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