{"id":2653599,"date":"2026-09-02T13:36:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-02T17:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rick-jackson-pledges-to-put-meta-settlement-standards-into-law\/"},"modified":"2026-09-02T13:38:44","modified_gmt":"2026-09-02T17:38:44","slug":"rick-jackson-pledges-to-put-meta-settlement-standards-into-law","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rick-jackson-pledges-to-put-meta-settlement-standards-into-law\/","title":{"rendered":"Rick Jackson pledges to put Meta settlement standards into law"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Frick-jackson-pledges-to-put-meta-settlement-standards-into-law%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2653599&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Georgia republican gubernatorial candidate Rick Jackson is focusing on enforcing social media laws aimed at protecting minors, especially following Meta\u2019s recent $17.1 billion settlement over child safety issues. Jackson plans to incorporate the settlement\u2019s safety standards into georgia law if elected, which would include age-appropriate content filtering, parental controls, restrictions on social media use during school and nighttime hours, and daily time limits. He emphasizes that online predators target children, not just in dark alleys, and advocates for making platforms accountable in Georgia. Jackson also intends to allocate up to $135 million from the settlement to combat child trafficking, find missing children, and support survivors. He is running against Democrat Keisha Lance Bottoms in a closely contested race, with a debate scheduled for october 6 in Atlanta.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/georgia\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"164\">Georgia\u2019s<\/a> Republican\u00a0candidate for governor, Rick Jackson, is homing in on the state\u2019s <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/social-media\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"433\">social media<\/a> laws for minors after Meta\u2019s historic <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/4700794\/meta-agrees-largest-big-tech-accountability-settlement\/\">child safety settlement<\/a>, pledging to codify the safety standards settled on in the lawsuit across all major platforms in the state.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jackson made the announcement on Wednesday, one week after Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr settled with social media giant Meta Platforms, which owns popular platforms including Facebook and Instagram, as part of a multi-state, $17.1 billion settlement. The settlement on allegations that the company produced apps designed to addict <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/children\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"1861\">children<\/a> also included a commitment from Meta to introduce a wide swath of child safety reforms to its platforms.<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/state\/4709717\/rick-jackson-meta-settlement-law-social-media-georgia\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Rick Jackson pledges to put Meta settlement standards into law for all social media in Georgia<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/state\/4709707\/john-james-flock-cameras-michigan-balance-governors-race\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>John James threads needle on Flock camera backlash in Michigan: \u2018Balance is the key\u2019<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/state\/4709259\/mike-minogue-massachusetts-governor-race\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Mike Minogue to face Maura Healey in Massachusetts governor\u2019s race<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Georgia GOP gubernatorial candidate vowed, if elected, to instate the reforms in Georgia law, framing the issue as one also related to child trafficking. Jackson also promised to use the up to $135 million Georgia is expected to receive from the settlement toward efforts of cracking down on trafficking, finding missing children, and helping survivors of <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/human-trafficking\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"1790\">human trafficking<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-15\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cTraffickers are not targeting our children in dark alleys. They are targeting them online,\u201d Jackson said in a statement. \u201cAttorney General Carr just forced the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/facebook-ceo-calls-for-regulations-that-would-stifle-competitors\/\" title=\"Facebook CEO Calls for Regulations That Would Stifle Competitors\">largest social media company<\/a> on earth to change how it treats kids. As governor, I will make that the price of doing business in Georgia for every platform. Parents should be in charge of their children, not algorithms, predators, or Silicon Valley executives.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jackson outlined that his <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/rickjackson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Jackson_HumanTrafficking_Reordered.pdf\">plan<\/a> would include settlement protections such as filtering age-appropriate content, parental controls, limitations on school-day and nighttime social media activity, and daily time limits.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jackson is taking on Democratic nominee and former Atlanta Mayor <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/keisha-lance-bottoms\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"21322\">Keisha Lance Bottoms<\/a> in the state\u2019s gubernatorial general election. The race is pegged as a <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cookpolitical.com\/governor\/race\/479486\">toss-up<\/a>. Recent polling on the general election matchup has given Lance Bottoms a slight edge, but has largely found the candidates within single-digit margins of each other.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-16\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-2\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/state\/4705998\/keisha-lance-bottoms-rick-jackson-october-debate-georgia\/\">KEISHA LANCE BOTTOMS AND RICK JACKSON AGREE TO OCTOBER DEBATE AS GEORGIA GUBERNATORIAL RACE TIGHTENS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jackson and Bottoms agreed this week to an Oct. 6 debate in Atlanta ahead of the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/2026-election\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"11675\">election<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> has reached out to Bottoms\u2019s campaign for comment.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-17\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-3\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rick Jackson vows to enforce Meta&#8217;s child safety standards in Georgia<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3976,"featured_media":2653600,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/AP26140122050798.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[85017,85016,78677],"class_list":["post-2653599","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-legal-standards","tag-meta-settlement","tag-rick-jackson-2"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/AP26140122050798.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2653599","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3976"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2653599"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2653599\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2653603,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2653599\/revisions\/2653603"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2653600"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2653599"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2653599"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2653599"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}