Meta’s Social Media Settlement Is Not Enough

Writing for The Free Press, Emily Cherkin responds to Meta’s landmark $18 billion settlement across 48 states. While the deal mandates two-hour teen limits, overnight blackouts, and the removal of "like" counts, Emily warns that these concessions do not fix Meta's fundamentally harmful business model. She argues that Meta’s late-stage safety measures are purely begrudging responses to legal pressure, not genuine corporate leadership.