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Hawaiʻi joins $17.1B Meta child-safety settlement

The State of Hawaiʻi, alongside 46 other states, D.C., Puerto Rico, American Samoa, and the Northern Mariana Islands, approved a landmark multistate settlement with Meta Platforms, Inc. worth up to $17.1 billion. The agreement mandates sweeping child-safety reforms on Instagram and Facebook and provides Hawaiʻi with up to $76 million plus $4,685,127 related to the Cambridge Analytica claim.

Document date · August 26, 2026

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Contract amount
$17.1 billion (up to $17 billion referenced)
Contract type
OTHER
Contract term
Five years for 2-hour daily limit; potentially 10 years at 60-minute limit if competitors adopt comparable terms
Renewal
The settlement imposes a combined two-hour daily time limit on Instagram and Facebook for five years. If Snapchat, TikTok, and YouTube adopt comparable terms, each platform will have a 60-minute daily limit for 10 years. Safety features and compliance will be regularly assessed by an independent auditor and the settling states; no automatic renewal is indicated.
Document type
Report
Source document
State of Hawaiʻi News Release Attorney General Lopez Announces Largest Big Tech Settlement in History 2026-08-26

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