US State Attorneys General
US (multistate)
Coalitions of state attorneys general that negotiate multistate settlements over privacy, antitrust, and consumer-protection conduct.
4 penalties · ≈ $13.3B imposed
4 penalties
Meta · Instagram · 2026
Meta to pay at least $12.1B, up to $17.1B, to settle 51 attorneys general child-safety claims
Fifty-one state and territory attorneys general settled claims that Meta designed Instagram and Facebook to be addictive for minors, knowingly exposed young users to mental-health harm, and misled the public about how safe its platforms were. Meta will pay a guaranteed $12.1B over ten years, rising to $17.1B if other major social platforms agree to adopt the same safeguards.
Google · Play Store · 2023
Google's $700M Play Store settlement with US states
All 50 states settled antitrust claims over Play Store billing restrictions and deals that limited rival app stores. Of the total, $630M went to a consumer fund and $70M to the states.
Google · 2022
Google's $391.5M location-tracking settlement
Forty US states settled claims that Google misled users into believing location tracking was off while it kept collecting location data through other settings such as Web & App Activity. It was the largest multistate privacy settlement at the time.
Apple · 2020
Apple's $113M Batterygate settlement with 34 states
Thirty-four US states settled claims over the hidden iPhone throttling, separate from the consumer class action.