North Carolina receives first $45.2 million Meta settlement payment
RALEIGH - North Carolina has received $45.2 million from Meta, the first installment of a child-safety settlement expected to bring the state at least $451 million through 2035.
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North Carolina to receive up to $645 million in Meta child-safety settlement
North Carolina is slated to receive at least $451 million, and up to $645 million, under a multistate Meta settlement announced by Attorney General Jeff Jackson.
Trial begins in North Carolina-backed case against Meta
Opening arguments began in a multistate case in which North Carolina and other states accuse Meta of designing addictive platforms for children and misleading the public.
Court Rejects Meta’s Efforts to Dismiss Attorney General Josh Stein’s Case
A federal judge rejected an attempt by Meta to dismiss the lawsuit that Attorney General Josh Stein and other bipartisan attorneys general filed in 2023. The attorneys general sued Meta, which owns Instagram and Facebook, alleging that it designed its social media platforms to hook children and teenagers and deceived people about the apps’ harms.
On becoming a political advertiser
On this matter, I’m inclined to believe the company (now called Meta by its CEO and nearly a dozen other human beings). That doesn’t make my latest encounter with the social-media giant any less frustrating, however.