Settling States & Meta · N.D. Cal. No. 4:23-cv-05448

Meta settlement

Youth-safety settlement
agreement · 2026

Time limits, age assurance and parental controls for teen users, and the release and payments that came with them.

Executed August 25, 2026. Filed August 26, 2026 as ECF No. 572-1.

The payments

Guaranteed: $11.66 billion; Ten installments of $1,165,662,174.56 · § VI.C, Ex. B
Contingent: $5.02 billion; Ten installments of $502,402,600.77, forfeited to Meta if the trigger never occurs · § VI.D
Cost fund: $75 million; State investigation and litigation costs · § VI.B
Cambridge: $459.3 million; $459,293,017.80 for separate Cambridge claims · §§ I.N, VI.E

Ten-installment totals are calculated from Exhibit B (printed pp. 98–99) and rounded.

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