Meta, states agree to $17 billion settlement in child safety trial

The social media giant also agreed to make sweeping changes to Instagram and Facebook.

<img src='https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/8608x5739+0+0/resize/8608x5739!/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F7e%2F84%2F0799dcde42459af58848bd15cc39%2Fgettyimages-2290506003.jpg' alt='California Attorney General Rob Bonta speaks to reporters at a press conference after opening arguments took place in the Meta trial over a lawsuit brought by US states about social media addiction at the Ronald V. Dellums Federal Building and United States Courthouse in Oakland, California, on August 18, 2026.'/><p>The social media giant also agreed to make sweeping changes to Instagram and Facebook.</p><p>(Image credit: GODOFREDO A. VASQUEZ)</p><img src='https://media.npr.org/include/images/tracking/npr-rss-pixel.png?story=nx-s1-5944781' />