// THE VERGE — MOBILE & WEB
If Meta’s going down, it’s taking TikTok and YouTube with it
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Under its splashy agreement with state AGs, Meta gets to flaunt the high road, while dragging its competitors.
Under its splashy agreement with state AGs, Meta gets to flaunt the high road, while dragging its competitors.
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Meta might be on the hook for $17.1 billion and a host of app changes under a new kids safety settlement, but it’s already spinning the deal to its advantage.
After years of being the national punching bag for social media harms, Meta has reached a settlement with 47 US states and several districts and territories that gives it a rare opportunity: A chance to flex on its rivals. “We want to ensure teens benefit from this new industry standard, but we cannot do it alone,” Meta says in an “Open Letter” that is also running as a full-page ad in The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, and Washington Post. “These protections will only be truly effective if we work with our peers — TikTok and YouTube — to put the same measures in place.” Snap (which is also named in the agreement), TikTok, and YouTube haven’t yet made a public statement on the settlement and did not respond to requests for comment.
Meta has reached a settlement that gives it a rare opportunity: A chance to flex on its rivals