Meta has agreed to pay $17 billion and add child-safety measures to its Facebook and Instagram platforms to end a landmark trial over teen social media addiction and settle claims filed by 47 states, state attorneys general announced Wednesday. The settlement is a fraction of Meta's 2025 revenue of $201 billion. The deal cuts short a trial in which CEO Mark Zuckerberg was expected to take the stand before a jury in federal court in California. In this photo, Lennon Torres of Heat Initiative holds a banner with names of young people who advocates say died as a result of social media outside the Ronald V. Dellums Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse on Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2026, in Oakland, Calif. Read more at the link in our bio. #APPhoto by Noah Berger