Vermont will receive more than $92.7 million from Meta under a sweeping multistate settlement resolving allegations that the social media giant knowingly designed Instagram with addictive features that harmed children and teenagers, Attorney General Charity Clark announced Wednesday.
The $92,700,152 settlement resolves Vermont’s 2023 lawsuit against Meta, the parent company of Instagram and Facebook. Vermont alleged the company knowingly exposed young users to serious mental-health harms while misleading the public about the safety of its platforms.
Nationally, Meta could pay as much as $17.1 billion under an agreement involving 48 states along with the District of Columbia and several U.S. territories.
About $12.2 billion — 70% of the potential total — is guaranteed, according to Clark’s office. The remaining 30% would become payable if other major social-media companies, including TikTok, YouTube and Snap, reach substantially similar agreements with the states.


