South Dakota attorney general urges beefed-up consumer protection after $53 million Meta settlement

By: John Hult

Outlets: South Dakota Searchlight

Published: August 26, 2026

Words: 644

Last Updated: 2 weeks, 5 days ago

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State lawmakers should decide how to spend the largest consumer protection settlement with a single company in South Dakota history, Attorney General Marty Jackley said.

But he’d like to see them put at least some of the money toward consumer protection.

Jackley’s office has two lawyers and six investigators in its consumer protection division, handling upwards of 82,000 consumer complaints a year.

That team was part of the work that led …

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