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Safety features including usage limits and night-time blocks to be set by default. Plus changes to famous French cheeses Don't already get First Thing in your inbox?
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Safety features including usage limits and night-time blocks to be set by default.
Plus changes to famous French cheeses Don't already get First Thing in your inbox?
Meta agreed to establish safeguards for teenage users, including daily usage limits and blocks on night-time use nationwide in the US.
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Safety features including usage limits and night-time blocks to be set by default. Plus changes to famous French cheeses Don't already get First Thing in your inbox? Meta has agreed to significant changes to its Instagram and Facebook apps in a settlement that ended a landmark lawsuit.
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- Meta agreed to establish safeguards for teenage users, including daily usage limits and blocks on night-time use nationwide in the US.
- Meta is putting the agreement forward as a precedent for other social media companies to follow.
- The agreement curtails a major trial in California and will require the social media company to pay up to $18bn.
- The company's chief legal officer, CJ Mahoney, said: "Because teens move fluidly across dozens of apps, we need an industry-wide solution.
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California and 28 other US states sued the $1.36tn (£1tn) company over allegations that Meta deliberately designed addictive products that hooked young people, leading to mental health issues, including anxiety, depression and suicide. As part of the settlement, the company denies wrongdoing.
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