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California is moving beyond warning labels, restricting addictive social-media features for children under 16 while imposing new safety and audit requirements on AI chatbots used by minors.
A court-approved agreement with 52 attorneys general ties Meta to product changes, independent oversight and roughly $18 billion in payments over 10 years.
TikTok and ByteDance will pay $400 million to resolve a federal COPPA case, with $300 million due immediately and no admission of wrongdoing.
The 9th Circuit dismissed an early appeal from major platforms, allowing more than 3,000 federal cases to continue without deciding the allegations.
A New Mexico court found Meta’s platforms created a public nuisance, bringing the company’s total liability in the case to $942 million and imposing five years of youth-safety requirements.
