Social media companies paid a school district more than its annual budget to avoid trial

Meta will pay $9 million, while Snap and TikTok will each pay $8 million. YouTube will pay slightly more than $2 million and is the only company to include non-financial terms. YouTube will provide training programmes to help teachers use its video product in classrooms. The $27 million total is 8% higher than Kentucky’s $25 million annual school district budget. The district sought more than $60 million for mental health programmes and social-media lesson plans but received less than half. The superintendent estimated spending 20% of working time on social-media concerns, and a former high school principal reported assistant principals spending at least 50% of their time on social-media issues. The settlements were disclosed under Kentucky open records laws after earlier announcements lacked financial details.

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