Meta agreed to pay $16.68 billion to settle a lawsuit brought by 29 US states alleging that Facebook and Instagram were designed to cause children to become addicted and unlawfully collected data on minors, according to Israeli media reports.
Meta has reached a settlement with 29 US states to pay $16.68 billion, according to Israeli media reports. The lawsuit alleged that Facebook and Instagram were designed to cause children to become addicted and that Meta unlawfully collected data on minors. The company, which did not immediately comment, has faced a series of legal challenges. In a separate US case, a New Mexico court in August ordered Meta to pay $567 million and delete accounts of users under 13 (as The Zioneer reported on August 7). The European Union also found that Meta's platforms violated consumer laws by encouraging user addiction (as The Zioneer reported in July).
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