The Vergecast · Wednesday, August 26, 2026
The settlement with Meta is seen as a significant step in holding social media companies accountable for their impact on young users. The sweeping changes Meta has agreed to may set a precedent for how other platforms are regulated and how future cases are approached.
“And it goes far beyond just New Mexico, like we saw in that case, despite the big price tag there.”
“And an important thing to note is that them doing this voluntarily means we're not going to get what we almost certainly would have seen if say meta went to trial and lost.”
“But it's, uh, kind of a long list of changes that people who criticize meta have been asking for for a long time.”