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Meta's $17B Child-Safety Settlement Is a Grim Bargain

The tell came immediately from the stock market. Meta shares rose 4.4 percent in premarket trading Wednesday as the company agreed to a proposed settlement worth up to $16.68 billion over child-safety claims. It's a reaction that captures the somewhat perverse economics of penalizing one of America's richest companies.