When you need to get some energy out, crank up the tunes (maybe even some Sesame Street hits) and dance! Or at least that is what these two Millennial Moms recommend. Jordan shares the final update to her community grant project: all of the screen-free activity bins are now out! Then we dive into all of the details of the recent Meta settlement. In case you didn’t see the news, Meta will be paying up to $17.1 billion to forty-eight states over the next ten years and will be making several platform changes to improve safety and mental health for users under eighteen. Fun fact: $17.1 billion is a lot of money...unless you are Meta and that is only 1.16% of your $1.47 trillion current total value. Some of the settlement is dependent upon whether or not other social media companies (Snap, TikTok, and YouTube) reach a financial settlement with states and agree to implement platform changes as well. Helen and Jordan wish that some of the changes Meta has agreed to, such as only seeing accounts you follow in your feed, were available for all accounts, not just teens. The settlement money is going to divided between the states to fund youth mental health supports and education. Jordan shares a non-tech-funded/-influenced (unlike Common Sense Media) digital literacy resource: ScreenStrong: Kids’ Brains & Screens. We then talk about the global impact and crises that Meta has contributed to across the world. Helen tries to close with a profound thought, but her internet had some other ideas.

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