5 of the biggest changes coming to Instagram, Facebook
Meta's billion-dollar settlement will change how Instagram and Facebook work.
Teen mental health advocate Mick Tobin reflects on the hours he wasted on social media as a teenager, blaming the addictive design of platforms like Instagram and Facebook. Now 23, he praises Meta's new $17 billion settlement with U.S. attorneys general, which includes several significant design changes aimed at protecting teen users.
The settlement requires Meta to limit daily time spent on Instagram and Facebook to two hours, block access overnight and during school hours, provide a non-algorithmic feed by default, and allow teens to disable autoplay. Meta confirms these changes will roll out over the next six months and calls on YouTube and TikTok to adopt similar measures.
While Tobin appreciates the new protections, he cautions that their effectiveness depends on Meta's implementation and urges policymakers to make online safety measures mandatory.
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