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Meta's AG settlement gives it a moat to write child safety rules for other social media platforms, with little evidence its new safety features will help kids (Mike Masnick/Techdirt)

Meta settled a multistate lawsuit over child safety failures by agreeing to implement new safety features and fund third-party audits, but the settlement grants Meta outsized influence in shaping industry-wide child safety standards with minimal public evidence that its proposed tools will meaningfully protect children.