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Kids Law Needed Beyond Meta Settlement

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A group of 47 states with the District of Columbia and U.S. territories reached a $18 billion settlement with Facebook and Instagram for new safety features for young users.

The settlement still needs approval by a federal court, but it comes as Congress debates competing bills that would put new parental control requirements on online platforms and give platforms different levels of responsibility to prevent harms to children and teens.

Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Texas, is a strong advocate for children's rights and has no doubt about the importance of the legislation.

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  1. roll-call — Kids law needed beyond Meta settlement, backers say ·
  2. the-hindu — Meta reaches $16.68 billion settlement over social media harms to children ·
  3. guardian — Key witness in Meta trial says terms of settlement insufficient to halt apps’ harms to teenagers ·

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3 publisher pages; upstream origin unresolved 1–3. Registry news_provenance_registry_v1.

  1. roll-call: upstream origin unresolved; cluster not certified.
  2. the-hindu: upstream origin unresolved; cluster not certified.
  3. guardian: upstream origin unresolved; cluster not certified.

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