Meta Settles Teen Harm Claims as India Faces Regulatory Gap

Meta has agreed to pay a very large amount of money in the United States over claims involving children and its social-media apps.

The states that sued said Meta made Facebook and Instagram hard for teenagers to stop using.

They also said the company did not properly protect children’s data and knew some products could hurt young people.

Meta denies that it did anything wrong.

The settlement may lead to limits on how much children use the apps and when they can use them.

The article says India has hundreds of millions of young people using Meta’s services.

It argues that India mainly removes harmful posts but does not sufficiently examine the computer systems that recommend content.

The proposed solution includes age checks, independent reviews and stronger oversight of algorithms.

The article says protecting young people’s mental health should be part of India’s digital policy.