# Meta settles states’ child-safety claims for $18B; Florida rejects deal as “peanuts”

https://mins.news/en/item/33592

- Ars Technica, 2026-08-26 19:50 UTC
- Tech
- Original: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/08/meta-settles-states-child-safety-claims-for-18b-florida-rejects-deal-as-peanuts/

> Meta agreed to settle child-safety claims with nearly every U.S. state for almost $18 billion, ending a trial over alleged addictive product design and warnings about mental-health risks. The deal would impose a default two-hour daily limit for under-18s, overnight blocking and school mode, but still needs court approval. Florida rejected it as “peanuts.”

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