Addie Robertson predicts that the Meta settlement will normalize teen safety features across the social media industry, particularly pressuring YouTube and TikTok.
“I think that the very obvious ball that got thrown is to YouTube and TikTok as we've talked about. And I do feel like the thing that is going to be doing here is sort of normalizing a lot of the features that people have been calling for social media companies to implement.”
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disputableYouTube and/or TikTok implement similar teen safety features (usage limits, age verification, notification restrictions) as required by the Meta settlement.
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