( August 27, 2026, 1:35 PM EDT) -- OAKLAND, Calif. — In a California federal court multidistrict litigation and a related case, a California federal judge on Aug. 26 approved a proposed consent judgment by numerous states and Meta Platforms Inc. that includes settlement payments of approximately $17 billion that Meta agrees to pay to resolve claims against it by 47 states, the District of Columbia and three U.S. territories alleging that Meta designed Facebook and Instagram to addict youth and misrepresented the platforms’ risks....