“Rather than pushing Meta away from the collection, analysis, and retention of user data, the Settlement requires Meta to do more of it for the next ten years.”

Fifty-two attorneys general punished Meta for surveilling users by ordering it to surveil everyone harder. Every adult now gets age-estimated to protect teens who did not ask for it. The states also pocket another $5 billion if competitors adopt the same age gates. That is not a settlement. That is a sales commission.