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Meta agreed to up to $18 billion to resolve a social media addiction suit and will implement stricter youth safeguards, including a two-hour daily limit and tougher age verification. About $5.3 billion of the payment is conditional on rivals like TikTok and YouTube making similar changes. California's attorney general said he will pursue litigation and industry-wide commitments from TikTok, YouTube and Snap, signaling broader regulatory and reputational pressure on social platforms. » More on cnbc.com

Under the internal name “Project OT”, Meta planned to shrink numerous teams by up to 60 percent and become “AI‑native”, but suspended the program hours before the planned announcement. Instead, the company announced in May the elimination of 8,000 jobs and reassigned 7,000 employees to AI‑focused roles. Internal problems — falling employee satisfaction, unreliable AI agents, a flood of generated code with little productivity gain, and more technical incidents — prompted the course correction; a second round of layoffs was canceled and measures to stabilize the workforce were introduced. » More on heise.de

After the US settlement in which Meta paid about $16.7 billion and pledged extensive changes to its apps for children and adolescents, consumer advocates in Germany are demanding tougher protective measures. Ramona Pop stresses that time limits, nighttime locks and disabled notifications could reduce usage pressure but are not sufficient. She is calling for safe platform designs, age‑staged activation of risky features and clear responsibility for providers instead of placing all responsibility on parents. » More on finanzen.net