Meta’s $18 Billion Settlement Complicates Brand-Creator Deals On Social Media

Meta’s $18 billion settlement changes how teens use social media. Here’s what it means for brands and creators whose deals were built around reaching that audience.

What Meta’s All-New Social Media Guidelines Promise to Change for Teen Users

A major lawsuit has led Meta to change the rules again for young users on Instagram and Facebook. Here’s exactly what’s changing.

Buried in Meta’s $18B settlement is a legal pass on kids’ data

Meta’s settlement with 29 states allows it to retain certain data from children under 13 to train and test age-detection models, highlighting a privacy tradeoff built into the deal.

If Meta’s going down, it’s taking TikTok and YouTube with it
If Meta’s going down, it’s taking TikTok and YouTube with it

Meta might be on the hook for $17.1 billion and a host of app changes under a new kids safety settlement, but it’s already spinning the deal to its advantage. After years of being the national punching bag for social media harms, Meta has reached a settlement with 47 US states and several districts and […]

South Korea’s regulator says Meta’s teen limits should apply everywhere, not just America
South Korea’s regulator says Meta’s teen limits should apply everywhere, not just America

South Korea’s media regulator has said that Meta’s new protections for young users should ideally apply worldwide rather than only in the markets that forced them, which is a modest-sounding statement with a substantial ask inside it. The measures in q…

Meta settles its alleged social media harm case for $18B — and agrees to massive changes that may be almost impossible to enforce

Meta just settled the huge US multi-state case against it, alleging the social media giant’s products harm teens. It’s paying $18B— but are the promised product changes enough to truly protect teens?

How To Make Money Taking Surveys And Where To Start

Looking to make extra money online? Explore 10 legitimate paid survey sites, how much you can earn, payout options and what to know before signing up.

All the ways Instagram and Facebook are changing for teens
All the ways Instagram and Facebook are changing for teens

Meta just agreed to make sweeping changes for teens as part of a child safety settlement reached with attorneys general across the US. Under the agreement, Meta must apply new safeguards across Instagram and Facebook that will change how teens interact with the social media platforms, as well as restrict their use during certain times. […]

Flipboard acquires Graze, the feed builder working to monetize the open social web

Flipboard is acquiring Bluesky feed-building startup Graze, bringing its privacy-friendly ad technology and creator monetization tools into Flipboard’s growing open social web ecosystem.