So what will Meta's new child safety rules actually mean for your kids' feeds? From now on, Instagram and Facebook will look and feel different for anyone under 18.
Meta has agreed to a nearly $18 billion (€15.4bn) settlement with 48 US states, introducing a two-hour daily limit, a midnight-to-6am blackout and hidden "like" counts, among other changes.
The deal, reached on Wednesday, will see Meta pay out the settlement over a decade. The company said the new safeguards would apply only in the United States, with most measures remaining in place for 10 years.
While critics acknowledged the changes go further than any child safety measures Meta has previously introduced, they cautioned the settlement would not resolve the platform's problems overnight.
Arturo Béjar, a former Meta engineering director, called the settlement a "significant milestone" but said parents should not assume Instagram is now safe for children.
