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Utah secures $12.2 billion settlement with Meta over child safety practices

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Utah News spotted this story published August 26, 2026 at utahpolicy.com. Full coverage may follow as more sources report.

2 billion settlement with Meta Platforms, Inc. that will force sweeping changes to how Instagram and Facebook are built for children and teens once issued by the court. history—rivaled only by the Big Tobacco settlements of the 1990s—and marks the most far-reaching action any government has taken to make social media safer for young people.