Meta agreed to pay up to $17.1 billion over the next decade to settle a landmark child-safety lawsuit brought by 29 state Attorneys General, co-led by California’s Rob Bonta. The suit alleged Meta designed Instagram with intentionally addictive features and exposed younger users to serious mental harms while misleading the public about the platform’s safety. Meta will also implement major changes including a default two-hour daily time limit on Facebook and Instagram for users under 18, as well as an independent auditor. This settlement is over 12 times the previous highest settlement of $1.4 billion, also reached by Meta in 2024, and represents the largest state consumer-protection settlement ever obtained by a U.S. state.
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