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Today’s Vergecast: We break down Meta’s kids safety settlement.

Two-hour usage limits, age verification, and a $17.1 billion payout: We’re breaking down today’s big settlement in Meta’s kids online safety trial. Senior policy reporter Lauren Feiner and senior tech and policy editor Adi Robertson discuss how we got here, why Meta settled, and what this means for the ongoing conversation around teen mental health and social media. Watch | Listen | Get ad-free [Media: https://youtu.be/9UYvoz5Uaw4]

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Two-hour usage limits, age verification, and a $17.1 billion payout: We’re breaking down today’s big settlement in Meta’s kids online safety trial. Senior policy reporter Lauren Feiner and senior tech and policy editor Adi Robertson discuss how we got here, why Meta settled, and what this means for the ongoing conversation around teen mental health and social media.

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