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How Meta’s $18 Billion Settlement Could Change Social Media

Bloomberg Technology Thursday 27 August 2026, 18:17 UTC By Peter Blumberg 1 min read
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A flood of lawsuits against social media giants claim that by engineering their platforms to be hard to resist, the companies are causing serious harm to young users.

A flood of lawsuits against social media giants claim that by engineering their platforms to be hard to resist, the companies are causing serious harm to young users.
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