Meta to Pay Up to $17.1 Billion in Landmark Settlement Over Social Media Addiction Claims
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"Meta to Pay Up to $17.1 Billion in Landmark Settlement Over Social Media Addiction Claims" is generating significant coverage in the Business category, with 3 articles from 3 distinct sources tracked by PULSE so far.
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Coverage (23)
- Meta settlement reached: Ohio to receive over $300 million NBC4 WCMH-TV · 57d ago
- SUN: Maryland just won nearly $328M from Meta. Now what? WBFF · 57d ago
- Meta settlement backs competitors into a corner on kids safety The Hill · 57d ago
- Time limits and a midnight cutoff: Meta’s new rules for kids go further, but critics say not enough The Boston Globe · 59d ago
- Colorado mom calls Meta's $17 billion settlement 'validation' after daughter's death 9News · 59d ago
- Parents say Meta settlement is just one step in the fight for a safer internet for kids NBC News · 59d ago
- Meta’s mega-deal could change the game for social media Politico · 59d ago
- How to Lose $12 Billion and Still Win The Atlantic · 59d ago
- Childhood went digital. Now the backlash is going mainstream USA Today · 59d ago
- Meta Reaches $18 Billion Settlement With 48 States Over Child-Safety Claims WSJ · 59d ago
- 2 hours a day, no late nights: How Meta’s settlement will change teen accounts The Washington Post · 59d ago
- Meta settles states' child-safety claims for $18B; Florida rejects deal as "peanuts" Ars Technica · 59d ago
- Utah among U.S. states to secure settlement with Meta Axios · 59d ago
- Meta agrees $18bn settlement BBC · 59d ago
- ‘Watershed moment’: Vermont secures $92.7M and new restrictions for teens in Meta settlement VTDigger · 59d ago
- Meta’s settlement is a challenge to TikTok and YouTube Yahoo Finance · 59d ago
- Tennessee will get $751.9 million from Meta settlement Axios · 59d ago
- Tech stocks today: Meta stock jumps after company agrees to settle social media case Yahoo Finance · 59d ago
- How New York will spend its nearly $1B Meta settlement New York Daily News · 60d ago
- Meta settles federal trial over claims Facebook, Instagram addict children Fox Business · 60d ago
- Ohio AG Wilson announces $17.1B multistate settlement with Meta over teen safety WSYX · 60d ago
- Social media is having its Big Tobacco moment Axios · 60d ago
- Meta agrees to settle social media addiction claims with states for up to $18 billion NBC News · 60d ago
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