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Two US rulings constrain algorithmic feeds for minors
A New Mexico judge ordered Meta to pay $567m and imposed a 90-hour monthly usage ceiling for under-18 accounts, while a California federal judge ruled minors' algorithmic feeds are not protected speech, letting a law default teen feeds to one hour of chronological content proceed, with age verification due 1 January 2027.
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For you, this means teen reach on US social faces court-imposed ceilings, so model both rulings into plans that assume unconstrained distribution to younger audiences.
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Two US rulings constrain algorithmic feeds for minors
A New Mexico judge ordered Meta to pay $567m and imposed a 90-hour monthly usage ceiling for under-18 accounts, while a California federal judge ruled minors' algorithmic feeds are not protected speech, letting a law default teen feeds to one hour of chronological content proceed, with age verification due 1 January 2027. For you, this means teen reach on US social faces court-imposed ceilings, so model both rulings into plans that assume unconstrained distribution to younger audiences.
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