A 16.68 billion-dollar fine and fundamental changes to youth protection: this is the settlement reached by Meta and the US states that brought the lawsuit. The plaintiffs had accused the company of deliberately designing its Facebook and Instagram platforms to be addictive to young users. The settlement, reached in Oakland, California, is also making waves in Europe.

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