ZuckerCreeper

Without admitting any fault or guilt, Meta has settled a lawsuit with 47 states, the District of Columbia, and U.S. territories that were suing it over its products being harmful and addictive to children. Meta will pay out up to $18 billion to the states over the next 10 years…maybe. Additionally, they will restrict children's access to Instagram and Facebook to two hours a day. They will block access to their platforms between midnight and 6 AM for teens. They will also stop all notifications for teens’ accounts during school hours. The payout is contingent on other platforms like YouTube, TikTok, and Snapchat adopting similar restrictions.

Of course, in addition to not admitting any guilt or liability, Meta will continue to harvest data from teens’ accounts. And all of the horrible stuff on Facebook and Instagram that addict teenagers to social media, while being limited, will still be available to teens.

Meta says it will also strengthen its age verification system, but let's be real. While teenagers can't figure out how to turn off a light switch or not to slam a screen door no matter how many times you explain it to them (I can hear my grandmother screaming at me now), they know how to get around age verification systems. If there are any filters that require parents to set up, they will probably have their teens figure out how to do it for them.

Meta is still fighting several other lawsuits. According to some reports, Meta has spent over $2 billion on its legal fees. That's almost as much as Donald Trump grifted off the Oval Office over the past year.

I was racking my brain for today's idea, and it didn't arrive until 3 PM. Unfortunately, I had a Zoom meeting at 4 PM. The cartoon was not completed until 7:30 PM.

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