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Meta Youth Settlement & Engagement Impact Workbench

Settlement: $17.0B | Annual FCF: $52.3B | Baseline Rev: $164.5B

Scenario Presets

Stress Parameters

-28%
0% (No change) -50% -100% (Total)
+0.0%
-5.0% 0.0% +15.0%
$17.0B
$5.0B $17.0B (Actual) $30.0B
Amortization Schedule 4 Years
Annual FCF Legal Drag 8.1% FCF
$0B (0%) $4.25B/yr $52.3B (100%)

Meta's $52.3B annual FCF easily absorbs the $4.25B/yr settlement installment, leaving >$48B net FCF annually.

Adjusted Revenue
$162.29B
-$2.21B (-1.3%)
Teen Ad Revenue
$5.69B
-$2.21B (-28.0%)
Post-Payout FCF
$48.05B
12.3x Coverage
Time vs Rev Gap
3.4x Disparity
16.5% Time / 4.8% Rev

Demographic Monetization vs. Time Spent Disparity

Multi-Year Cash Flow & Settlement Amortization Trajectory

Cohort / Stream Share of Time Baseline Rev Simulated Rev Impact ($B) Monetization Dynamic
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