Georgia could receive nearly $135 million under a landmark multistate settlement with Meta Platforms that will also bring major changes to how children and teenagers use Facebook and Instagram.

Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr announced the agreement Wednesday. The overall settlement is worth up to $17.1 billion and resolves claims from 47 states and several U.S. territories alleging Meta designed Instagram with addictive features, exposed young users to serious mental-health harms and misled the public about the safety of its platforms.

Georgia is expected to receive close to $100 million, with its share potentially increasing to nearly $135 million. The agreement has been described by Carr’s office as the largest state consumer-protection settlement in history outside of the tobacco settlements of the 1990s.

But the settlement could have an even more noticeable impact on families through new restrictions on how children use social media.

Under the agreement, Facebook and Instagram will have a combined two-hour daily time limit for children, along with mandatory “productive pauses” after 15 minutes of continuous use and again after 60 and 90 minutes. The two-hour limit is scheduled to remain in place for five years.

Children will also face a nighttime block from midnight until 6 AM, while push notifications will be eliminated during school hours — from 8 AM until 3 PM on weekdays during the school year.

Meta must also implement stronger age-verification measures and parental controls. Additional safeguards will target content involving bullying, eating disorders, suicide and self-harm. Social-comparison features, including certain beauty filters and visible “like” counts, will also be restricted for younger users.

The settlement follows a nationwide investigation launched by attorneys general beginning in 2021. States alleged Meta knew some features could negatively affect young users while continuing to design its platforms to encourage greater engagement.

Not everyone believes the agreement goes far enough. Some child-safety advocates have praised the restrictions as significant progress while arguing that more protections involving recommendation algorithms and interactions between children and adults should operate automatically rather than requiring parents to opt in.

Carr called the agreement a landmark that could establish a standard for other social-media companies, saying Meta may be the first major platform to reach such an agreement but should not be the last.