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Buried in Meta’s $18B settlement isa legal pass on kids’ data

Meta’s settlement with 29 states allows it to retain certain data from children under 13 to train and test age-detection models, highlighting a privacy trade-off built into the deal.

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Sarah Perez27 Aug 2026, 08:04 pmUpdated 3h ago1 min readTechGlobal
Buried in Meta’s $18B settlement is a legal pass on kids’ data

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Meta’s settlement with 29 states allows it to retain certain data from children under 13 to train and test age-detection models, highlighting a privacy trade-off built into the deal.

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Source: TechCrunch · Sarah Perez. Published 27 Aug 2026, 08:04 pm.

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