Meta teen-safety deal puts TikTok, YouTube, Snap in states’ crosshairs
What's next: California plans to keep suing rivals, while $5.3 billion of Meta's deal hinges on similar youth-protection changes elsewhere.
Meta’s settlement of a multistate teen-safety case is shifting pressure onto TikTok, YouTube and Snap, after California’s attorney general signaled the legal campaign will continue across the industry. The agreement, reached in the second week of trial in Oakland, requires Meta to pay up to $18 billion and make major changes for users under 18, including a two-hour daily limit that only a parent can remove, stricter age checks, night mode and limits on extreme beauty filters. Meta said it will pay about $12.7 billion over 10 years, with the remaining $5.3 billion tied to whether rivals adopt similar protections. California co-led the case with New Jersey, Colorado and Kentucky.