# TNW 452: Meta's $18B Social Media Settlement

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New episode from the TWiT network: Tech News Weekly #452 – “Meta’s $18B Social Media Settlement” is now available.

Hosts: Mikah Sargent, Jennifer Pattison Tuohy · Guest: D. Griffin Jones

Topics covered:

- 💰 Meta’s $18B settlement with 47 states and territories over teen safety harms
- 🔒 New Instagram and Facebook protections: age verification, daily time limits, notification restrictions, and parental alerts
- 🖥 Raspberry Pi’s official cyberdeck tutorial with parts list and build instructions
- 🍎 Apple’s Mac mini and Mac Studio updates, plus a look ahead to the ‘Surprise and Shine’ September event

> **[Tech News Weekly: Meta's $18B Social Media Settlement | TWiT.TV](https://twit.tv/shows/tech-news-weekly/episodes/452)**
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> Meta pays up in a landmark teen safety settlement & establishes new online safety measures for teens, Raspberry Pi goes official on the cyberdeck craze, and looking at what

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