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New Jersey To Receive At Least $525 Million In Landmark Meta Settlement Over Child Safety New Jersey will receive at least $525 million as part of a landmark multistate settlement with Meta Platforms Inc. that requires the company to make sweeping changes to how Instagram and Facebook operate for children and teenagers, Attorney General Jennifer Davenport announced Wednesday. The settlement, which is subject to court approval, could provide New Jersey with more than $752 million. The agreement is part of a broader settlement valued at between $12.1 billion and $17.1 billion, which state officials described as the largest state consumer protection settlement in U.S. history outside of the Big Tobacco settlements of the 1990s. The agreement resolves claims brought by 47 states and the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, American Samoa and the Northern Mariana Islands alleging that Meta designed its platforms with addictive features, exposed young users to serious mental health risks and misled the public about the safety of its products. READ MORE ⤵️ Click here to join the official TLS Community:

*New Jersey To Receive At Least $525 Million In Landmark Meta Settlement Over Child Safety* New Jersey will receive at least $525 million as part of a landmark multistate settlement with Meta Platforms Inc. that requires the company to make sweeping changes to how Instagram and Facebook operate for children and teenagers, Attorney General Jennifer Davenport announced Wednesday. The settlement, which is subject to court approval, could provide New Jersey with more than $752 million. The agreement is part of a broader settlement valued at between $12.1 billion and $17.1 billion, which state officials described as the largest state consumer protection settlement in U.S. history outside of the Big Tobacco settlements of the 1990s. The agreement resolves claims brought by 47 states and the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, American Samoa and the Northern Mariana Islands alleging that Meta designed its platforms with addictive features, exposed young users to serious mental health risks and misled the public about the safety of its products. *READ MORE* ⤵️ https://thelakewoodscoop.com/news/new-jersey-to-receive-at-least-525-million-in-landmark-meta-settlement-over-child-safety/ ~~~ Click here to join the official TLS Community: https://chat.whatsapp.com/GGwlPaiG0d49MJTRLfHVPN ~~~

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