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Meta Reaches Settlement in Social Media Child Safety Case - DTH

Aug 26, 2026 · 4m

Summary

Meta faces a $16.68 billion settlement over teen safety, while Pennsylvania sues Snap and Brazil fines TikTok for similar violations. Apple expands ads in Maps, Amazon shuts down Mechanical Turk by 2026, and Instagram launches its First Draft video tool. Additionally, Australia bans fully AI-generated songs from its music charts.

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Sponsors: SoundItOutTogether, Wealthfront, and ChatGPT Work Meta settles child safety lawsuit for $16.68 billion Lawsuits against Snap and TikTok over child safety Apple Maps begins rolling out ads in US and Canada Amazon Mechanical Turk to close on September 30 Instagram Threads launches First Draft video editing tool ARIA bans fully AI-generated songs from charts Outro and Capital One Chat Concierge ad
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