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FILE - Adam Mosseri, CEO of Instagram, arrives in court to testify in a landmark social media case that seeks to hold tech companies responsible for harms to children.

Video. Meta agrees to pay $17bn in landmark US child-safety settlement deal

Updated: 26/08/2026 - 16:23 GMT+2

The tech giant agreed one of the largest consumer protection settlements in US history, ending a trial that could have put Zuckerberg on the stand.

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