Nevada could get up to $256 million from Meta settlement over youth social media addiction

Nevada could receive as much as $256 million from multibillion dollar multistate settlement over claims that Meta, which owns Facebook and Instagram, is addictive and lacks child safety protections. Under the settlement announced this week, the social media company agreed this week to pay 47 states and the District of Columbia up to $17.1 billion [

By: Michael Lyle

Outlets: Nevada Current

Published: August 26, 2026

Words: 368

Last Updated: 2 weeks, 5 days ago

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Nevada could receive as much as $256 million from multibillion dollar multistate settlement over claims that Meta, which owns Facebook and Instagram, is addictive and lacks child safety protections.

Under the settlement announced this week, the social media company agreed this week to pay 47 states and the District of Columbia up to $17.1 billion in penalties and pledged to implement changes to bolster protections for children using social …

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