The Meta Settlement Will Put Limits on Instagram for Teens. They’re Still Vulnerable
Paresh DaveLauren GoodeBusinessAug 26, 2026 4:55 PMThe Meta Settlement Will Put Limits on Instagram for Teens. They’re Still VulnerableChild safety groups and former Meta employees welcome proposed changes to how the company’s platforms will work for teens. California attorney general Rob Bonta called it a “watershed moment.”Still, child safety advocates and mental health experts doubt the effectiveness of Meta’s proposed changes.
- ▪Paresh DaveLauren GoodeBusinessAug 26, 2026 4:55 PMThe Meta Settlement Will Put Limits on Instagram for Teens.
- ▪They’re Still VulnerableChild safety groups and former Meta employees welcome proposed changes to how the company’s platforms will work for teens.
- ▪California attorney general Rob Bonta called it a “watershed moment.”Still, child safety advocates and mental health experts doubt the effectiveness of Meta’s proposed changes.
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Paresh DaveLauren GoodeBusinessAug 26, 2026 4:55 PMThe Meta Settlement Will Put Limits on Instagram for Teens. They’re Still VulnerableChild safety groups and former Meta employees welcome proposed changes to how the company’s platforms will work for teens. They also think states should have demanded more.Photograph: Anna Barclay/Getty ImagesCommentLoaderSave StorySave this storyCommentLoaderSave StorySave this storyAdvocates for children tell WIRED that Meta’s legal settlement to address concerns about teenagers’ use of social media proposes important and overdue feature changes that invite more parental oversight than ever before.
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