Meta Just Paid $17 Billion Over Child Safety — Here’s the Catch That Should Worry Americans

“Meta is accepting restrictions that would have sounded almost unthinkable during the anything-goes era of social media...”

For years, parents have watched their kids disappear into their phones for hours at a time and wondered what all that endless scrolling was actually doing to them.

Now one of the biggest technology companies on Earth has agreed to a $17.1 settlement — but the “catch” is highly disturbing.