Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Windsor Johnston.
Tech giant Meta is facing sweeping changes to Facebook and Instagram aimed at protecting younger users.
The new restrictions are part of the company's multi-billion dollar settlement, with nearly all U.S.
States over allegations that its platforms harm children.
Meta denies wrongdoing.
NPR's Retu Chatterjee reports on what will be different for teens.
The changes involve both restricting the kind of content kids can see and features
that will make their social platforms a lot less addictive.
They will have to give minors the option of having non-personalized
feeds where Meta does not use an algorithm to throw specific content.
There will be a default daily time limit of two hours for minors.
And so Meta will have to have a default block on nighttime use from midnight to 6 a.m.
Overnight and during school hours when they are in classrooms.
That's NPR's Ritu Chatterjee reporting.
The Trump administration is taking new steps to block Chinese
hackers from breaking into critical infrastructure in the U.S.
NPR's Jenna McLaughlin reports the Department of Justice is announcing
its latest campaign to deny the bad actor's ability to hide online.
The FBI has teamed up with cybersecurity company Lumen Technologies to uncover the digital infrastructure
used by Chinese hackers to launch cyber attacks against targets around the world.