Meta will pay $12.7B over 10 years. And an additional $5.3B if TikTok and Youtube also pay $5.3 and also agree to the same terms Meta agreed to. These include:
|Restriction for < 18|Actual requirement|
|:-|:-|
|Daily usage|2 hours across FB + Instagram|
|Override|Parent can allow more|
|Night|Block midnight–6am|
|School|Notifications muted 8am–3pm|
|Algorithmic feed|Teen can choose chronological/non-personalized; parent can require it|
|Autoplay|Teen can disable; parent can require|
|Likes|Counts hidden by default|
|Filters|Cosmetic-surgery/extreme-makeup filters blocked|
|Age detection|**Stronger proactive age assurance**|
|Multiple accounts|Usage tracked across accounts|
|DMs|Excluded from usage/night/school restrictions|
>"The majority of the terms are required to remain in place for 10 years, but our Time Limit and Night Mode features will start with a five-year commitment. However, if industry peers sign on to the agreement, it will both extend this commitment to 10 years and prompt stronger default limits — reducing the Daily Limit to one hour per app and expanding Night Mode hours to 10:00 PM–7:00 AM (up from midnight–6:00 AM)."
[https://about.fb.com/news/2026/08/agreement-with-state-attorneys-general-supporting-teens/](https://about.fb.com/news/2026/08/agreement-with-state-attorneys-general-supporting-teens/)
Sounds like a best case scenario for Meta. They deny wrong-doing and get to set the standard. The $1.4T headline disappears. And call me naive, but at first blush, the terms sound like a win for California and society in general.
However, I am skeptical of the actual enforcement. On one hand, Meta claims to advertisers that they can target middle-aged suburban mothers looking to get into pilates, but then on the other hand they claim futility at identifying users under the age of 13. So we'll see if this actually has teeth.
I had about a $100B Legal Liability pencilled in for this lawsuit. I can bring that down to $18B. Making Meta even more undervalued imo. (Long META)
