Meta agrees to settle social media addiction suit with states for up to $16B
psychanarch
13 points
2 comments
August 26, 2026
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Discussion Highlights (2 comments)
ChrisArchitect
Some more discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49448819
sharemywin
at least now we can put a price on the cost to harm children.