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Meta reaches $16.68 billion settlement over social media harms to children

Settlement averts California trial over claims brought by 29 US states

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#3097
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26 Aug 2026, 13:59 UTC
Last checked
27 Aug 2026, 05:00 UTC
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The Irish Times
Country
Ireland
Source published
26 Aug 2026, 13:50 UTC
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Settlement averts California trial over claims brought by 29 US states
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    Meta reaches $16.68 billion settlement over social media harms to children

    Settlement averts California trial over claims brought by 29 US states

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    Meta reaches $16.68 billion settlement over social media harms to children

    Settlement averts California trial over claims brought by 29 US states

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#2782
Observed
26 Aug 2026, 14:14 UTC
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200 / parsed
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980,297 bytes, private gzip evidence
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news-ledger/0.1
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