Follow the money(跟着钱走；追查资金流向). If you want to know how the tech giant Meta really feels about the $18bn it agreed to fork out to end a landmark lawsuit against it – an outcome widely hailed as a victory for campaigners – just look at its share price.(如果你想知道Meta对180亿美元和解的真实感受，只需看其股价。) It didn’t go down when word came on Wednesday that Meta had settled with the 29 US states that had argued that the company’s Facebook and Instagram platforms harmed children. On the contrary, Meta stock went up, initially surging(急剧上升，飙升) by 5%, before levelling out(趋于平稳，稳定下来) at a gain of just over 1.25%. There could be no clearer proof that the money men reckon Meta dodged a bullet(躲过一劫，侥幸逃脱).
跟着钱走。如果你想知道科技巨头Meta对同意支付180亿美元以了结一桩具有里程碑意义的诉讼——这一结果被广泛誉为维权者的胜利——的真实感受，只需看看它的股价。周三有消息称Meta已与29个美国州达成和解，这些州曾辩称该公司的Facebook和Instagram平台伤害了儿童，但股价并未下跌。相反，Meta股价上涨，最初飙升5%，随后稳定在略高于1.25%的涨幅。没有比这更清楚的证据表明，金融界人士认为Meta躲过了一劫。
To be sure(诚然，确实), there was plenty to hearten(使振奋，鼓舞) those who have long believed that social media damages teenagers especially, whether by exposing them to content they shouldn’t see or by sapping(削弱，消耗) their self-esteem, offering them filters(滤镜（此处指美颜滤镜）) that show how much prettier they would look if they had cosmetic surgery or giving them a metric(衡量标准，指标) of their popularity – and unpopularity – in the form of a running tally(实时计数，持续累计) of “likes” and views.
诚然，有很多事情让那些长期认为社交媒体尤其伤害青少年的人感到鼓舞，无论是让青少年接触到他们不该看的内容，还是削弱他们的自尊，向他们提供滤镜，展示如果做了整容手术他们会变得多漂亮，或者以“点赞”和浏览量的持续计数形式，给他们一个衡量自己受欢迎程度——以及不受欢迎程度——的指标。
For one thing, $18bn is a lot of money. For another, Meta has agreed to a series of changes in the way young people use their platforms. There’ll be a two-hour daily cap(上限，限额) on use; restricted access during the night and the school day; likes will not be shown automatically and assorted(各种各样的，混杂的) safety and parental supervision measures will no longer be opt-in extras(可选的附加项) but the default standard. You can see why Lori Schott of Colorado, who believes the content her daughter encountered on Instagram played a part in her suicide aged 18, declared Wednesday to be “a good day”.(你能理解为什么洛里·肖特宣称周三是“美好的一天”。)
首先，180亿美元是一大笔钱。其次，Meta已同意对年轻人使用其平台的方式进行一系列改变。将实行每日两小时的使用上限；限制夜间和上学日的访问；点赞不会自动显示，各种安全和家长监督措施将不再是可选项，而是默认标准。你可以理解为什么科罗拉多州的洛里·肖特认为她女儿在Instagram上遇到的内容在她18岁自杀中起了作用，她宣称周三是“美好的一天”。