Meta Child Safety Deal Puts Rivals on Notice
THE SO WHAT
Meta locking in new child safety safeguards via settlement raises the regulatory floor for every large social platform. If your product touches minors, assume these protections become table stakes and start mapping where your current data flows, defaults, and AI-driven features would fail a similar review.
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