In today’s podcast episode, we discuss the main takeaways from Meta’s landmark trial over kids and social media addiction, the safety features it plans to roll out, whether this makes a teen social media ban more or less likely, what we know about social media’s role in youth mental health, and what could change as a result of the settlement.

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How Meta’s Landmark Trial Will Reshape Social Media | Behind the Numbers

Behind the Numbers: an EMARKETER Podcast

How Meta’s Landmark Trial Will Reshape Social Media | Behind the Numbers