One major **today** IT headline is that **Meta agreed to pay up to $18 billion to settle U.S. lawsuits over allegations that Facebook and Instagram were designed to addict children**, with the deal also imposing stricter limits on teen use of the platforms[1][6]. Reuters says the settlement is with nearly all U.S. states and runs over the next decade, making it one of the biggest recent tech legal actions[1].

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