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OAKLAND, Calif. 鈥� Meta has agreed to pay $17 billion and add stronger child-safety measures to its Facebook and Instagram platforms to end a landmark trial over teen social media addiction and settle claims filed by 47 states, state attorneys general announced Wednesday.

New Mexico is not a party to the multistate settlement but pursued separate litigation with Meta that led to two trials this year in Santa Fe.

A state district judge in early August ordered the social media giant to pay $567 million to repair harm caused by the company鈥檚 platforms. The order came in addition to a jury verdict in March that ordered Meta to pay $375 million in civil penalties.

Attorney General Ra煤l Torrez, who brought the 2023 lawsuit that led to the ruling and the jury verdict in the New Mexico case, praised the new settlement agreement on Wednesday but defended his decision to take a separate path.

Torrez 鈥渄eclined to join the multi-state litigation by other states and instead initiated its own case against Meta under New Mexico law,鈥� said Lauren Rodriguez, chief of staff for the New Mexico Department of Justice. 鈥淭hat decision resulted in not only the first ever trial victory against the social media giant but also a historic $942 million recovery for New Mexico鈥檚 kids.鈥�

By pursuing its own litigation, 鈥淣ew Mexico鈥檚 trial verdict resulted in a per capita recovery that is more than 8 times higher than it would have been in the multi-state litigation,鈥� Rodriguez said in a statement.

New Mexico litigation resulted in 鈥渁 direct ban on romantic and sexualized AI chatbot interactions with minors, safeguards against adults targeting kids in private messages and enforceable requirements to better manage referrals related to child exploitation,鈥� Rodriguez said.

New Mexico鈥檚 litigation emphasized criminal attacks on children and included real-world investigations into child sex crimes. In his Aug. 6 order, District Judge Bryan Biedscheid called for Meta to take steps to improve cooperation with New Mexico law enforcement.

The judge ordered Meta to prepare and pay for semiannual trainings for state and federal law enforcement related to internet crimes against children. It also requires Meta to maintain a 24/7 point of contact for the New Mexico Department of Justice's Internet Crimes Against Children division and to improve Meta's system for reporting internet sex crimes.

A Meta spokesperson said the company disagrees with Biedscheid鈥檚 ruling and would appeal. As of Wednesday, Meta had not filed an appeal, court records show.

The new 47-state settlement resolves a pivotal legal case years in the making that sought to hold the tech giant accountable for the role its platforms played in undermining children鈥檚 mental health. The effort targeted features designed to hook young people鈥檚 attention.

鈥淔or years, Meta intentionally deceived the public about the addictive and harmful design features that have wreaked havoc on youth mental health," Virginia Attorney General Jay Jones said. The settlement "will put an end to these dangerous practices and deliver meaningful relief that will protect children from online harm.鈥�

California Attorney General Rob Bonta said the money would be paid out over 10 years, with the state getting at least $1.5 billion if the settlement is approved by the court. New Jersey expects to receive at least $525 million and Colorado $615 million over nine years.

Meta urges rivals to adopt similar safety measures

Meta said in a blog post that it was 鈥渂uilding on our longstanding efforts to empower parents and support teens.鈥�

鈥淓nsuring teens have a safe and productive experience on our platforms is an absolute imperative for Meta,鈥� the company said. 鈥淲e want to get this right for parents and teens, and that鈥檚 why we partnered with state attorneys general to set a new industry standard."

The company urged rivals TikTok and YouTube to adopt similar safety measures.

The $17 billion settlement is a fraction of Meta's 2025 revenue of $201 billion.

The agreement cuts short an ongoing court case involving California, Colorado, Kentucky and New Jersey, which were among 29 states that sued Meta in 2023. CEO Mark Zuckerberg was among those expected to take the stand before a jury in federal court in California.

The lawsuit accused Meta of contributing to the youth mental health crisis by deliberately designing features that addict children to its platforms and hiding them from the public. The case also argued that Meta violated federal laws by routinely collecting data on children under 13 without their parents鈥� consent.

The trial kicked off last week in Oakland, California, with U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers overseeing the proceedings. Adam Mosseri, the head of Instagram, began his testimony late Tuesday and defended Meta鈥檚 record and progress on child safety and privacy.

The cases in other states had been expected to go to trial later. In addition, nine attorneys general filed lawsuits in their respective states.

New features to include time limits and curbs on push notifications

Under the proposed settlement, Meta agreed to adopt a series of safety features, including a 鈥渉ard cap鈥� on daily time limits and pauses for children using Instagram and Facebook.

It will eliminate push notifications during weekday school hours and bring in 鈥渞obust鈥� age-assurance measures and 鈥渁ge-appropriate鈥� content controls to prevent bullying and harmful material about eating disorders and self-harm.

There will be stronger and more user-friendly parental controls and limits on social comparison features such as 鈥渓ike鈥� counts.

An independent auditor will assess how Meta is implementing the safety features and how effective they are.

Meta put the settlement at $18 billion, a figure that apparently includes a large award for Texas.

The money is to be paid out annually over 10 years, to fund youth online safety initiatives. However, the company said 30% of that amount 鈥� about $5.3 billion 鈥� will only be released to states if rivals YouTube and TikTok meet two conditions: implementing similar safety features, including a one-hour daily time limit, a nighttime block and age-assurance measures; and paying the same amount, split between the two companies.

Neither YouTube owner Google nor TikTok responded immediately to requests for comments.

Investigation was led by bipartisan coalition

The federal lawsuit was the result of an investigation led by a bipartisan coalition of attorneys general from California, Florida, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Nebraska, New Jersey, Tennessee and Vermont. It followed newspaper reports, first by The Wall Street Journal in 2021, that found that the company knew about the harm Instagram can cause teenagers 鈥� especially teen girls 鈥� when it comes to mental health and body image issues.

Meta has since added a host of safety features to Instagram, including separate accounts for teenagers with stronger protections around messaging and privacy, along with content restrictions.

But child safety experts, along with some former Meta employees, have long contended that the features are little more than window dressing.

Arturo B茅jar, a former Meta engineering director, said during his testimony last week that Meta consistently prioritized profits over safety in designing its products, focusing on how often and for how long people used them, even if it was detrimental to their mental well-being.

鈥淚f you step away from the product, they are not going to make any money,鈥� he said.

While the four states in the Oakland trial did not officially say how much they had been seeking, Meta said in a court filing that financial penalties in the case could amount to as much as $1.4 trillion 鈥� a figure legal experts said was unlikely, if not impossible.