Time limits and a midnight cutoff: Meta’s new rules for kids go further, but critics say not enough

Meta Platforms settled with 48 U.S. states over child safety on its platforms, requiring changes such as a two-hour daily time limit for users under 18 and blocking access from midnight to 6 a.m. The settlement also mandates strengthening age estimates and hiding "like" counts. However, critics cautioned that the rules do not solve all of Instagram's systemic problems.