
What Meta's $17 Billion Settlement Means for TikTok and YouTube
About this episode
From the show’s notesMeta reached a landmark settlement this week, agreeing to pay up to $17.1 billion and make major changes to Facebook and Instagram over claims it endangered children with addictive social media platforms. We discuss why Meta capitulated and what it means for the entire social media industry. Then, Princeton computer science professor Arvind Narayanan returns to offer his thoughts on why banning data centers won’t slow down A.I. progress. And finally, it’s all hats on deck for the final HatGPT.
Guest: Arvind Narayanan, professor of computer science at Princeton, and co-author of the “A.I. as Normal Technology” newsletter.
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Additional Reading
Meta to Pay Up to $17.1 Billion in Landmark Settlement Over Social Media Addiction Claims nytimes.com/2026/08/26/technolo…
Mark Zuckerberg Wants to Make Sure His Competitors Share His Pain nytimes.com/2026/08/27/technolo…
Arvind Narayanan’s Post About A.I. Data Centers
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