{"id":222136,"date":"2026-08-27T07:06:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-27T07:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/meta-agrees-to-pay-18-billion-to-settle-us-lawsuits-over-childrens-social-media-addiction-reuters\/"},"modified":"2026-08-27T07:06:00","modified_gmt":"2026-08-27T07:06:00","slug":"meta-agrees-to-pay-18-billion-to-settle-us-lawsuits-over-childrens-social-media-addiction-reuters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/meta-agrees-to-pay-18-billion-to-settle-us-lawsuits-over-childrens-social-media-addiction-reuters\/","title":{"rendered":"Meta agrees to pay $18 billion to settle US lawsuits over children&#039;s social media addiction &#8211; Reuters"},"content":{"rendered":"<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiugFBVV95cUxQQklxUlA2VWk3Nml5YlJkaFU2djhKRHF4eVNuemxfWFFHc2dxbVVyTEhZeGxOS2tjYmRqbC05Tmc4RGhkcTltcDN1cnpHQWxGUjU3emREMkZuTDFuckRyNEJxbDNDT2pvOEtmNUhvd3o2TW00Z1R2bklRU015ZThnSW1LTkR5UU41R0tqRUlKb3ZSOHdWVVVad2lCZW1yZmN3TXhGLXFzaTU3cWt4WEdXZHprR0pFNHNWMkE?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Meta agrees to pay $18 billion to settle US lawsuits over children&#8217;s social media addiction<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Reuters<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMingFBVV95cUxOd0dRVTg3ZWtFRUJ5eDBpeFU5dHJfbVd5MXI4cUJ2aTR1NUFCOXZRMVY4TThva1Z0VkxRckttUlhjZ2wtaFJoTzd0bkFtazVBMmpYaHBDMmVieXdqaDhVTGUzR2FmMl9VNFJIbU1qTlM5X3d5VXlPTkNxdnNMalBpaG1FdUNiRkwyWGptenNOR2Y2UWhucExmcXJFNzdwZw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Meta to Pay Up to $17.1 Billion in Landmark Settlement Over Social Media Addiction Claims<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">The New York Times<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMie0FVX3lxTE9RbkNIV2NNRGxSZHRKcGk2bXdrRTFfYmNuMTFzMkJTeEJJMFE2dHRnUWhVWm00R1pkV0xNc0RGaktESDB6d3dFVE1WejhPYU1aZ1N4cmQ2d0M5ZWtVdV9jVkVXaFphSkpHRDlYekt6M1k5QWplLWpoVFgxY9IBgAFBVV95cUxOc0kzYURnS1pYTnR0SlphVVNCSnZOOEk3V0xOak1JcHdmUndmeTF2Qjg4UVM1b2ZVbURjbG82N0J6VV9DWG9mN0J0MWRTQ0Qwc1pjNmF3QWFUTHlfWTJxTUdZVE5QUy1BSjdQVkdVd3l2ZDRUTmpzWEw5U1pYWXBIWA?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Meta settles social media addiction case with California, other states for $16.7 billion<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">CNBC<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMifEFVX3lxTE9IdUZ2dm1mRVY3aVBjMkVHTG1yUERtQmJSN3MxX1BudV9OQmt1NmxVS05RdS1tUFVsTUt3MVVUQVJLX1RqcGhnM1k3NTlORURMMDNhSlR5UTZTbjZPTWlzZEFiSWl3TUhTcWFtR2FrY0J0UUpxSDN1bHRWWlI?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Meta settles with states, sets new industry standards over child safety<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Axios<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiswFBVV95cUxPX3o4SzE4eGNHMG9qWEEwVWlGaFpWaEROay1NT08yVTRMUmF2dVVHUjhZMC1INkY3MDJfOGhvWkVJN0puZzNETEJlTUVIZFIzS2JwemhrdWxIWTk3RHUtcVkxZkdwbHEtNmFSa3N5bzFsUkNUQ1lhS3pDYVhmLWluLVg2eFdDNHdyY296b1FoakNXU1gzWGM5Y1VZZmVyUEIwTWZwUFg1Uk9oN0tpUEp2MGhWNA?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Childhood went digital. Now the backlash is going mainstream<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">USA Today<\/font><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiugFBVV95cUxQQklxUlA2VWk3Nml5YlJkaFU2djhKRHF4eVNuemxfWFFHc2dxbVVyTEhZeGxOS2tjYmRqbC05Tmc4RGhkcTltcDN1cnpHQWxGUjU3emREMkZuTDFuckRyNEJxbDNDT2pvOEtmNUhvd3o2TW00Z1R2bklRU015ZThnSW1LTkR5UU41R0tqRUlKb3ZSOHdWVVVad2lCZW1yZmN3TXhGLXFzaTU3cWt4WEdXZHprR0pFNHNWMkE?oc=5\">source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Meta agrees to pay $18 billion to settle US lawsuits over children&#8217;s social media addiction&nbsp;&nbsp;Reuters Meta to Pay Up to $17.1 Billion in Landmark Settlement Over Social Media Addiction Claims&nbsp;&nbsp;The New York Times Meta settles social media addiction case with California, other states for $16.7 billion&nbsp;&nbsp;CNBC Meta settles with states, sets new industry standards over [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":222137,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-222136","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-breaking-news-video","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/222136","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=222136"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/222136\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/222137"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=222136"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=222136"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=222136"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}