UN and EU call on Meta to improve child safety on social platforms
The UN has called on the entire social media industry to adopt child-safe design after Meta agreed to pay a $16.7 billion settlement to 29 US states over teen safety.
The United Nations has issued a call for the entire social media industry to implement platform designs that ensure safety for children. The appeal follows news that technology company Meta agreed to pay a settlement of $16.7 billion to 29 states in the United States.
The settlement is tied to a case concerning teenage users' safety on the company's platforms. Alongside the UN, the European Union is also expecting Meta to take action and improve the safety measures protecting young users.
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The development shows that the safety of children and teenagers on social media remains under international scrutiny, with both UN and EU institutions expecting concrete industry-wide changes rather than financial compensation alone.
