Map: Here's how much each state will receive in Meta settlement
Meta will be paying at least $12 billion — and up to $17 billion — in a settlement to states over teen social media addiction.
In total, 51 states and territories will be receiving payments from the settlement ranging from $1.1 million (American Samoa) to $1.5 billion (California).
The Get the Facts Data Team reviewed the settlement to determine how much each state is guaranteed to receive. States could get an additional contingency payment on top of the current sum.
New York, Illinois, New Jersey, Tennessee and Pennsylvania topped the payment list behind California. All will be receiving at least half a billion dollars.
Some states were not a part of this settlement but have received payments from separate lawsuits. In Texas, for example, Attorney General Ken Paxton announced Wednesday that the state will be receiving a $1 billion settlement.
To see how much your state will be receiving, search in the table below.
The settlement also forces changes to Meta's apps. For users Meta identifies as ages 13 to 17, Facebook and Instagram must go dark from midnight to 6 a.m. by default, cap use at two hours a day across both apps, and stop sending notifications overnight and during school hours. Meta also has to tighten age verification, verified annually by an outside firm.
The contingency payments, totaling more than $5 billion across the settlement states, rely on legal or legislative action against Meta's rivals, or voluntary action.
Meta pays only if Snap, TikTok and YouTube tighten teen usage rules and pay the same or more than Meta's contingency payments to each state.
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