Meta has reached a proposed settlement worth as much as $17.1 billion after states accused the company of designing Facebook and Instagram to addict children, concealing the risks and collecting data from some users under 13.

That sounds like an enormous punishment, until you compare it with Meta’s value and Mark Zuckerberg’s personal fortune.

In this episode of Filtered with TJ Walker, TJ examines whether the biggest Big Tech consumer-protection settlement in history will actually change Meta’s behaviour. He questions why financial penalties have become a manageable cost of doing business and considers what kind of punishment might finally force Facebook and Instagram to stop prioritizing engagement over children’s well-being.

TJ also shares his own struggle to control his daughter’s phone and social-media use, explains why par ...