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C.J. Mahoney

Chief legal officer at Meta, overseeing the company's legal affairs, policy, and regulatory compliance strategy.

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productConfirmed14 publishers

Meta's teen-safety settlement ships as a product spec, and pays $5.3B if rivals adopt it

Default 2-hour caps, a midnight-to-6am block and age assurance are now written down, with a contingent payment attached to Snap, TikTok and YouTube adopting the same defaults.

Publishers:9to5mac.comarstechnica.combbc.co.ukcnet.comlatimes.commashable.comphandroid.comtechcrunch.comtechdirt.comtechradar.comthenextweb.comtheverge.comthurrott.comwired.comzdnet.com

Perspective Coverage

15 publishers
Builder
Builder 23%
Operator
Operator 51%
Investor
Investor 26%

Reality

Evidence78
Adoption30
Hype gap+35
Incentives70
Confidence72
productConfirmed4 publishers

Meta's settlement writes the teen spec: two hours, a midnight blackout, prompts every 15 minutes

Annualised, the money is well under one percent of Meta's revenue. The product defaults filed in Oakland are the part every consumer app with teen users will be measured against.

Publishers:dexerto.comdigitaltrends.compcmag.comtechcrunch.com

Perspective Coverage

4 publishers
Builder
Builder 40%
Operator
Operator 31%
Investor
Investor 29%

Reality

Evidence62
Adoption24
Hype gap+26
Incentives74
Confidence61