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The Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) has written to Meta to ask whether protections planned for US children in the wake of a landmark settlement with US states will be extended to children in Ireland and across Europe.

The Children’s Rights Alliance has noted with interest the multi-billion-dollar settlement reached by Meta in another landmark lawsuit involving 29 US States over the platform’s failure to adequately protect children and young people using its services. Speaking in response to the settle

Meta will restrict how children use Instagram and Facebook during school hours and at night as part of an $18bn (£13.2bn) (€15.5bn) settlement over claims that it deliberately made its apps addictive for teenagers.

Lawyers for 29 US states have accused Meta of concealing internal research showing that Instagram was addictive to teenagers and that the company knew its products could harm children.

Meta, the owner of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, has been ordered to pay $567m (£421m/€491) to address harm caused to children by its platforms.

The Hope and Courage Collective is calling on Coimisiún na Meán to engage with Meta after a new report found that social media platforms are playing a significant role in amplifying anti-Muslim hatred in Ireland.

California’s Santa Clara County has sued Meta Platforms, alleging the company profited from fraudulent advertisements on Facebook and Instagram in breach of state false advertising and unfair business practice laws. The lawsuit, filed in Santa Clara County Superior Court on behalf of Californi

Coimisiún na Meán has begun two separate investigations into Meta, the provider of the Instagram and Facebook platforms, under the EU Digital Services Act (DSA).  The investigations will assess whether these platforms have contravened Article 27 (in particular Article 27.3) and Ar