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Meta’s $17 billion teen safety settlement is really a 1% tax — and a play to box in TikTok and YouTube

The deeper lesson of is that product design, as a site of legal accountability, is a workable legal strategy.

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By Barbara Ortutay, Wyatte Grantham-Philips and The Associated PressAugust 27, 2026
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