Meta agreed in late August 2026 to pay up to about $18 billion and change how teenagers use Facebook and Instagram.
The main pot is about $16.7 billion for 47 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, American Samoa, and the Northern Mariana Islands. Texas took a separate $1 billion deal. That is how the total gets sold as nearly $18 billion. About 70 percent, or $12.7 billion, is set to go out over 10 years. The other 30 percent, about $5.3 billion, only pays if YouTube and TikTok accept similar time limits, night blocks, and age checks and also pay matching money.
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