Meta says it would’ve made over $22 billion if it didn’t have to pay a child safety settlement

Meta says it would’ve made over $22 billion if it didn’t have to pay a child safety settlement.

Meta 表示，如果无需支付儿童安全和解金，其收益将超过 220 亿美元。

Meta had to shell out $9.89 billion to pay for a chunk of the child safety settlement it reached with US attorneys general. That’s according to the company’s third-quarter earnings report released on Wednesday, which says Meta’s income from operations would have been $22.89 billion without the settlement.

Meta 不得不支付 98.9 亿美元，以承担其与美国各州总检察长达成的儿童安全和解协议的部分费用。根据该公司周三发布的第三季度财报显示，若无此项和解支出，Meta 的运营收入本应达到 228.9 亿美元。

In August, Meta agreed to pay $17.1 billion to settle a massive nationwide lawsuit that claimed the company harmed children by making its social media platforms “addictive” by design. It will also only pay $5.3 billion of this amount if YouTube and TikTok implement stricter settings and safeguards for kids, which Meta also agreed to as part of the settlement.

今年 8 月，Meta 同意支付 171 亿美元，以了结一场大规模的全国性诉讼。该诉讼指控 Meta 通过设计使其社交媒体平台具有“成瘾性”，从而对儿童造成了伤害。此外，如果 YouTube 和 TikTok 实施更严格的儿童设置和保护措施（Meta 也已同意将其作为和解协议的一部分），Meta 将只需支付其中 53 亿美元。

Meta’s total costs and expenses amounted to $51.61 billion, including the amount it agreed to pay as part of the settlement. The company may have even bigger litigation costs in its future, as a New Mexico court ordered Meta to pay $25 billion over the Cambridge Analytica scandal on Wednesday.

Meta 的总成本和费用达到 516.1 亿美元，其中包括其同意支付的和解金。该公司未来可能面临更大的诉讼成本，因为新墨西哥州一家法院周三裁定，Meta 需就“剑桥分析”丑闻支付 250 亿美元。

Even with the fees associated with its legal battles, Meta reported earning $64.60 billion in revenue, marking a 26 percent increase from the same time last year. “We hit major milestones this quarter toward delivering personal superintelligence for everyone,” Meta CEO Zuckerberg says in the press release. “Our investments are paying off, the core business is strong, and we’re seeing velocity across the board.”

尽管面临与法律诉讼相关的费用，Meta 报告的营收仍达到 646 亿美元，较去年同期增长了 26%。Meta 首席执行官扎克伯格在新闻稿中表示：“本季度，我们在为每个人提供个人超级智能方面取得了重大里程碑。我们的投资正在获得回报，核心业务表现强劲，我们看到了全面的增长速度。”