Time limits and a midnight cutoff: Meta’s new rules for kids go further, but critics say not enough
- Meta has reached a landmark $18 billion settlement with 48 U.S. states regarding teen social media addiction.
- The settlement includes stronger child-safety measures for Facebook and Instagram, such as a two-hour daily limit for users under 18.
- Kids under 18 will be blocked from accessing the apps from midnight to 6 a.m.
- Meta will implement stricter age estimates to keep children under 13 off its platforms.
- Critics argue that while the changes are significant, they will not immediately resolve the issues related to social media addiction.
Meta Platforms has agreed to pay up to $18 billion and implement stronger child-safety measures on its Facebook and Instagram platforms as part of a legal settlement with 48 U.S. states regarding teen social media addiction.
The new rules will include a hard limit of two hours a day for users under 18, a midnight to 6 a.m. block for kids, and stricter age estimates to keep children under 13 off the platforms. These changes are set to last for 10 years and will only apply in the United States.
While Meta acknowledges that these measures go further than previous efforts to ensure child safety, critics argue that they do not address deeper issues related to social media addiction. Some experts suggest that the platform's design may still leave teens craving more engagement, even after reaching the time limit.
时间限制和午夜截止：Meta对儿童的新规则更进一步，但批评者表示仍不够
Meta平台已同意支付高达180亿美元，并在Facebook和Instagram平台上实施更强的儿童安全措施，作为与48个美国州就青少年社交媒体成瘾问题达成的法律和解的一部分。
新规则将包括对18岁以下用户实施每天两小时的使用限制，禁止儿童在午夜至早上6点期间使用这些应用，以及更严格的年龄估计，以确保13岁以下的儿童无法使用这些平台。这些变化将持续10年，仅适用于美国。
尽管Meta承认这些措施比以往任何时候都更进一步确保儿童安全，但批评者认为它们并未解决与社交媒体成瘾相关的更深层次问题。一些专家指出，平台的设计可能仍会让青少年在达到时间限制后渴望更多的互动。