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What Meta’s $17 Billion Settlement Means 27 August 2026 at 21:54

What Meta’s $17 Billion Settlement Means

By: Cecilia Kang · Nikolay Nikolov · Paul Abowd · Alexandra Ostasiewicz and June Kim

27 August 2026 at 21:54

Our reporter Cecilia Kang explains Meta’s settlement of a lawsuit claiming that the company’s social media platforms had harmed teenage users.

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“Anxious Generation” Author Jonathan Haidt on the Meta Settlement 27 August 2026 at 17:42

“Anxious Generation” Author Jonathan Haidt on the Meta Settlement

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By: Emma Goldberg

27 August 2026 at 17:42

In “The Anxious Generation,” he laid out the evils of social media for kids. The landmark Meta settlement seems to agree.

Jonathan Haidt’s 2024 book on the harms to children from social media was a best seller.

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Meta Projected It Could Spend $10 Billion on Anthropic’s A.I. 27 August 2026 at 17:04

Meta Projected It Could Spend $10 Billion on Anthropic’s A.I.

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By: Eli Tan and Kalley Huang

27 August 2026 at 17:04

The social networking giant projected it could spend $10 billion annually on Anthropic’s tools, illustrating the friend-foe relationships underlying the A.I. race.

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Did Meta’s Big Settlement Actually Help It? 27 August 2026 at 14:59

Did Meta’s Big Settlement Actually Help It?

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By: Andrew Ross Sorkin · Bernhard Warner · Sarah Kessler · Michael J. de la Merced · Niko Gallogly · Brian O’Keefe · Sri Muppidi and Ian Mount

27 August 2026 at 14:59

The tech giant’s landmark deal with states over teen use of social media may cost the company less than expected. It may hurt rivals more.

Shares in Meta rose yesterday after the social media giant announced a landmark legal settlement.

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Mark Zuckerberg Wants to Make Sure YouTube and TikTok Share His Pain 27 August 2026 at 12:03

Mark Zuckerberg Wants to Make Sure YouTube and TikTok Share His Pain

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By: Mike Isaac

27 August 2026 at 12:03

Meta, the social media giant, agreed to change the way children interact with its apps. That could be trouble if its competitors don’t abide by the same rules.