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An $18bn settlement is a drop in the ocean for Meta – but the tide will still come for it | Chris Stokel-Walker

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An $18bn settlement is a drop in the ocean for Meta – but the tide will still come for it | Chris Stokel-Walker
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This week’s settlement without liability was pragmatic, but it doesn’t change the inevitability of further lawsuits around the world Not many people would count paying $18bn they didn’t expect to when they woke up that morning as a victory. Yet for Meta, the owners of Facebook and Instagram, the agreement with 52 US attorneys general to settle claims that it designed its products to be addictive to children, and misled people about their safety, could be described as a win of sorts.Meta denies w

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