10月7日：佛罗里达州于周三请求一名州法官下令Instagram和Facebook作出调整，以更好地保护年轻用户。该州正推进一项诉讼，指控其母公司Meta Platforms对青少年造成危害，而此前大多数州已通过一项全面和解协议解决了类似的指控。
Oct 7 : Florida asked a state judge on Wednesday to order changes to Instagram and Facebook to better protect young users, pressing ahead with a lawsuit accusing parent Meta Platforms of harming teens after most states resolved similar claims through a sweeping settlement.
在提交给帕斯科县法院的一份文件中，佛罗里达州总检察长詹姆斯·乌特迈尔请求发布临时禁令，强制Meta识别并移除该州14岁以下用户，限制青少年在所有应用程序上的每日使用时长为两小时，并关闭自动播放和无限滚动等功能。该文件要求立即实施这些调整，并在诉讼继续推进期间保持执行。Meta的一名发言人尚未立即回应置评请求。
In a filing in a Pasco County court, Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier asked for a temporary injunction forcing Meta to identify and remove users in the state under the age of 14 from those platforms, limit teens there to two hours a day across all apps and turn off features like autoplay and infinite scroll for them. The filing asked that the changes be implemented immediately and be in place while the lawsuit moves forward. A spokesperson for Meta did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
佛罗里达州对Meta的诉讼指控该公司明知其平台设计会让年轻用户上瘾，并在安全性问题上误导消费者。该诉讼是美国各州提起的数十起类似诉讼之一。
Florida's lawsuit against Meta, which accuses the company of knowingly engineering its platforms to be addictive for young users and misleading consumers about its safety, was one of dozens of similar lawsuits filed by states across the country.
8月，Meta与其余48个州及华盛顿特区达成和解协议，同意支付最高180亿美元，并对平台针对青少年用户的功能作出调整。
In August, Meta reached settlements with 48 of the other states and Washington DC, agreeing to pay up to $18 billion and make changes for teen users of its platforms.
Meta表示，公司始终致力于保障青少年在平台上的安全，并否认和解协议中存在不当行为。这笔总支付额相当于Meta约三至四个月的利润，以及约一个月的收入。
Meta has said it works hard to keep teens safe on its platforms, and the company denied wrongdoing in agreeing to settle. The total payout represents about three to four months of profit and about one month of revenue for Meta.
作为共和党人的乌特迈尔选择不加入该和解协议，并继续推进其诉讼。
Uthmeier, a Republican, opted not to join the settlement and proceed with his lawsuit.
佛罗里达州在文件中称，该和解协议不过是“一次轻微的惩戒”，将被冷嘲热讽地视为“做生意的成本”，而且无论如何也无法阻止类似行为再次发生。乌特迈尔在文件中寻求的调整比该公司在和解协议中同意的措施更为严格，因为这些调整将在青少年达到使用时限后切断其消息功能访问权限，并禁止公司向他们展示相关内容。
Florida said in the filing that the settlement amounted to a “mere slap on the wrist, will be cynically viewed as the cost of doing business, and in any event will not prevent this kind of behavior going forward.”The changes Uthmeier's filing seeks are more stringent than those the company agreed to as part of that settlement, as they would cut off teens' access to messaging after their time limits are hit and bar the company from showing them s.
乌特迈尔办公室辩称，Meta作为和解协议的一部分同意做出的变更表明，这些变更是可行的。
The changes Meta agreed to make as part of the settlement are an indication these changes are possible, Uthmeier's office argued.