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Meta Pays $18B to Protect Kids Online | Charleston News
Meta’s paying $18 billion to fix the damage social media’s doing to kids — West Virginia gets $114 million — with half earmarked for mental health and the rest to be decided by lawmakers. The deal forces Meta to roll out strict new safety features: daily time limits, late-night blocks, school-hour notification bans, stronger age verification, parental controls, and less addictive design like hiding likes and limiting filters. A key goal? Letting teens opt out of algorithms so they see only real friends’ content — a throwback to Facebook’s simpler days. This landmark settlement aims to hold…
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