Legal & Courts  August 26, 2026

Colorado due nearly $615M in Meta’s $17B+ social media addiction settlement

Colorado will receive close to $615 million as part of a nationwide settlement in which social media giant Meta agreed to pay more than $17 billion and implement sweeping child-safety reforms on Instagram and Facebook.

With BizWest since 2012 and in Colorado since 1979, Dallas worked at the Longmont Times-Call, Colorado Springs Gazette, Denver Post and Public News Service. A Missouri native and Mizzou School of Journalism grad, Dallas started as a sports writer and outdoor columnist at the St. Charles (Mo.) Banner-News, then went to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch before fleeing the heat and humidity for the Rockies. He especially loves covering our mountain communities.

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