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title: "All the ways Instagram and Facebook are changing for teens"
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description: "Meta agreed to sweeping changes for teens on Instagram and Facebook under a US child safety settlement. New safeguards will alter teen interactions and restrict usage times, stemming from lawsuits alleging platforms were designed to be addictive."
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# All the ways Instagram and Facebook are changing for teens

Meta just agreed to make sweeping changes for teens as part of a child safety settlement reached with attorneys general across the US. Under the agreement, Meta must apply new safeguards across Instagram and Facebook that will change how teens interact with the social media platforms, as well as restrict their use during certain times.

The settlement stems from a nationwide lawsuit alleging Meta, Google, TikTok, and Snap failed to protect children and made their platforms "addictive" by design. A group of 51 US states and territories signed the agreement, including New York, New Jersey, California, Nevada, South Carolina, Washington, Illino …

Read the full story at The Verge.

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