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Meta will pay nearly $1.8 billion to settle lawsuits over teens' addiction to its tools

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Meta will pay nearly $1.8 billion to settle lawsuits over teens' addiction to its tools

Meta has agreed to pay up to $18,000 million as part of a settlement to resolve lawsuits filed by states across the US. The lawsuits claimed that Meta designed Facebook and Instagram to be addictive for children and misled consumers about the safety of these platforms. The suits also alleged that Meta improperly collected personal data of minors using the platforms.

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