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Meta agrees to pay up to $17.1bn to settle claims its platforms harm children
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BBC NewsMeta agrees to pay up to $17.1bn to settle social media caseThe deal has been reached during a California federal court trial over claims brought by 29 states.IANAL, but doesn’t settlement mean they don’t admit fault, they have no judgement to actually force changes, and the same case can’t be brought again, aka, they get to keep harming kids, just have to cough up some tiny slice of profit and offer some lip service to doing better? Or, to rephrase, as long as the government gets a cut, they can keep abusing?
Settlements usually come with enforceable changes. If they continue the same practices, they can be sued again. In such a case, the penalties will likely be established ahead of time in the settlement and will be significantly harsher for the repeat offense.