Parents rip Metas attempt to curb children from its social media sites after historic $18B settlement: Not enough

Tech giant Meta agreed to a historic $18B payout to 47 U.S.states on Wednesday — as part of an effort to settle claims that social media has harmed American children.Along with the cash — estimated to equal about a month’s revenue for the parent of Facebook and Instagram — the company also agreed to a sweeping overhaul of its safety features, which they said were designed to specifically protect underage users.But some parents across the country were left wondering at the news — telling The Post it’s too little, too late“It feels like cutting down a single tree in a forest,” sighed Nicole Noble, parent of two kids, 8 and 3.“We seem to always build, observe and legislate these things backward in the tech and social media world,” the Virginia mom said.

“Right now, it might not make a difference.”“Not enough,” said Ruthie Friedlander, NYC mother of a three-year-old and proud aunt to a five-year-old.“Instagram hasn’t built proper safety guardrails to protect our kids.”“I’ve watched it affect me, as an adult with a fully formed brain and a professional reason to understand exactly how the feed works.

And I’m supposed to believe a 10- or 11-year-old is going to be able to contextualize a social platform? No,” the founder of At Large agency, a luxury branding firm, continued.The rolled-out teen and child safety restrictions include daily two-hour time limits on Facebook and Instagram for minors, mandatory pauses during that time allotment to break up continuous scrolling, restricted access for young users between midnight and 6 a.m., and a halt to notifications on weekdays during school hours.Also coming is a beef-up of age verification requirements and content safeguards — and a restriction on so-called “social comparison” content that encourages poor self-image or mental health, like certain beauty filters and visibility of like counts on posts.Phil, a Westchester, NY father of a 10-year-old, welcomes even stronger protec...