Meta has agreed to pay up to $18bn to settle its blockbuster legal battle with US states over alleged failures of child protection and social media addiction, in one of the largest legal settlements ever made by an individual US company.
Meta已同意支付至多180亿美元，以了结美国各州针对其涉嫌未能保护未成年人及导致社交媒体成瘾问题而发起的重大法律战。这是美国单一企业有史以来达成的金额最高的法律和解协议之一。
The parent of Facebook and Instagram has agreed to pay a $16.68bn settlement to 47 states, the District of Columbia and three US territories, according to filings on Wednesday. A separate $1bn settlement with Texas pushed the total to about $18bn.
根据周三提交的监管申报文件，Facebook和Instagram的母公司同意向47个州、哥伦比亚特区及三个美国属地支付166.8亿美元和解金。该公司与得克萨斯州另行达成了10亿美元和解协议，使赔偿金总额达到约180亿美元。
The settlement came as the trial was just getting underway in a California courtroom this month. Meta had previously estimated that losing the case could have cost it hundreds of billions of dollars. The agreement does not include an admission of wrongdoing by Meta.
达成和解之际，加州一家法院本月刚开始庭审。Meta此前估计，败诉将使其付出数千亿美元的代价。和解协议并不包含Meta承认有不当行为。