Meta已与美国51个州和领地达成和解协议，同意支付近180亿美元，以了结有关其产品助长儿童强迫性使用及未警示成瘾和心理健康风险的诉讼 123。该全国性诉讼由加州、科罗拉多州、肯塔基州和新泽西州等联合发起，指控Meta、Google、TikTok和Snap未能保护儿童，并设计了令平台“成瘾”的功能 13。Meta方面表示，部分州在审判中曾要求超过1.4万亿美元的赔偿 2。
根据要求法院批准的和解协议，Meta必须在Instagram和Facebook上对18岁以下用户实施一系列新的默认保护措施 12。这些措施包括：跨Facebook和Instagram累计计算的每日2小时使用上限，且需家长许可才能关闭 2；午夜至凌晨6点期间默认屏蔽平台 2；以及上午8点至下午3点的“上学模式”默认静音通知 2。此外，青少年连续使用15分钟，或每日使用达到60分钟和90分钟时，均会收到使用提示 2。
尽管达成和解，佛罗里达州仍拒绝该协议，并称赔偿金额“微不足道” 2。田纳西州总检察长Jonathan Skrmetti则表示，该和解为田纳西州儿童数字保护基金带来了创纪录的资金 3。与此同时，Meta仍面临多起关于其产品对青少年心理健康影响的诉讼 3。例如，新墨西哥州已赢得对Meta的诉讼，陪审团裁定其违反数千项规定并罚款3.75亿美元，法官随后在8月初命令Meta额外支付5.67亿美元，并规定18岁以下用户每月使用时长上限为90小时 3。此外，洛杉矶陪审团也裁定Meta和YouTube需承担责任并判赔600万美元，全美还有数百个学区对社交媒体公司提起了诉讼 3。
Meta has reached a settlement agreement with attorneys general from 51 U.S. states and territories, agreeing to pay nearly $18 billion to resolve child safety claims 123. The settlement stems from a nationwide lawsuit against Meta, Google, TikTok, and Snap, which accused the companies of failing to protect children and designing "addictive" platforms 1. The agreement addresses allegations that Meta's products fostered compulsive use among children and failed to warn about addiction and mental health risks 2. Meta noted that some states had demanded over $1.4 trillion during the trial 2. The settlement, which requires court approval, mandates significant operational adjustments to enhance child safety protections on Instagram and Facebook 23.
Under the new measures, users under the age of 18 will face a default daily usage limit of two hours, which is calculated cumulatively across both Facebook and Instagram and requires parental permission to disable 2. Additional restrictions include a default block from midnight to 6 a.m. and a "school mode" that mutes notifications between 8 a.m. and 3 p.m. 2. Furthermore, the platforms will issue prompts after 15 minutes of continuous use, as well as when daily usage reaches 60 and 90 minutes 2. While most states accepted the deal, Florida rejected the agreement, with officials calling the compensation "peanuts" 2. Conversely, Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti stated that the settlement brings record funding to the Tennessee Children's Digital Protection Fund 3.
Despite this massive settlement, Meta continues to face multiple lawsuits regarding the impact of its products on teen mental health 3. California, Colorado, Kentucky, and New Jersey have jointly sued the company 3. In a separate case, New Mexico won a lawsuit against Meta, where a jury ruled that the company violated thousands of regulations and imposed a $375 million fine 3. In early August, a New Mexico judge ordered Meta to pay an additional $567 million and capped the monthly usage limit for users under 18 at 90 hours 3. Beyond state-level actions, hundreds of school districts nationwide have filed lawsuits against social media companies 3. Additionally, a Los Angeles jury recently ruled Meta and YouTube liable, awarding $6 million in damages 3.
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