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- Meta agreed to pay $17 billion to settle U.S. child-harm claims.
- State attorneys general said the settlement should repair social-media use and protect children’s mental health.
- About 70% of the funds, up to $11.7 billion, are discretionary and 23% are earmarked for youth mental-health or social-media harms.
- Wyoming will deposit its entire share into the state general fund.
- Alaska will split its share between the general fund and attorney general’s enforcement budget.
