Florida Rejects $18B Meta Settlement, Seeks Court Ban on Infinite Scroll

Key Facts

1Florida rejected an $18 billion settlement that other U.S. states accepted from Meta Platforms.

2Florida's attorney general is asking a court to disable the infinite scroll feature for teens on Facebook and Instagram.

Florida rejected an $18 billion settlement that other U.S. states accepted from Meta Platforms regarding youth safety. 247wallst.com reported that Florida's attorney general is asking a court to disable the infinite scroll feature for teenagers on Facebook and Instagram, characterizing the multi-state deal as an insufficient response to the platform's impact on minors.

META closed at $721.31 on October 7, 2026, as the state pursues penalties potentially reaching $40 billion against the company's proposed cap of $3.45 billion. On the same date, peer stocks AAPL and GOOGL closed at $336.67 and $350.50 respectively, while analysts monitor the risk that forced product changes could impact ad impressions, which drove the vast majority of Meta's second-quarter revenue.