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Will TikTok and YouTube follow Meta’s new rules for teens?
Earlier this week, Meta agreed to pay $18 billion and make sweeping changes to how minors access its social networks to settle a lawsuit brought by 29 states. But the eye-popping settlement figure wasn’t what caught the attention of the Equity podcast team. Instead, it was what Meta did next. The social media giant sent [...]
TL;DR
- Meta settled a lawsuit with 29 states for $18 billion, agreeing to implement changes regarding minors' access to its social networks.
- Meta sent an open letter to TikTok and YouTube, urging them to join in establishing industry-wide standards for teen users, including daily time limits and restrictions on nighttime access and notifications during school hours.
- The Equity podcast team doubts that TikTok and YouTube will follow Meta's lead in adopting these new standards.
- The podcast episode also discusses increased investment in robotics startups like Generalist and General Intuition, the current limitations of robots in value-creating work, OSHA data related to robotaxi companies, Gatik's $200 million funding round, and a potential acquisition of Hugging Face by Nvidia.