29 states, including Kentucky, have reached a proposed settlement with meta, owner of Facebook and Instagram.

The states sued, saying meta designed its products to be addictive to young people, knowingly exposing young people to harm.

The trial just started in California.

The proposed settlement calls for meta to pay up to $18 billion to the states involved.

Kentucky's share is 358 million.

Attorney General Russell Coleman says this is about more than just the money.

He says this will change how meta does business.

We settle this claim because the outcome was even better than what we would have achieved at trial.

Meta will create daily time limits and nighttime access restrictions.

Parents will have the ability to silence distracting notifications during those important school hours, and limit how much time their teens will stare at their screens.

These are significant changes that will keep your kids and mine safer.

The proposal still needs court approval.

Here's a comment from the Kentucky Youth Advocate.

Quote these moneys present a transformative opportunity to deeply invest in youth well-being.

And Kentucky will be primed to put it to good use with intentional action and thoughtful work of elected leaders and community partners dedicated to protecting childhoods, unquote.

State Senator Lindsey Titchener, a Republican from Smithfield, serves on the Interim Joint Committee on Education.

She said, quote, the agreement sends an important message.

Technology should serve children and families, not the other way around.

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