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Illinois will receive up to $768 million over a 10-year period, which will be used for youth mental health and online safety training programs.

Under the settlement, Illinois will receive up to nearly $768 million.

Gov. JB Pritzker signed sweeping regulations Friday aimed at social media companies and cracking down on “addictive algorithms” that keep kids glued to their screens.

Lawmakers on the final day of the General Assembly passed a bill to regulate how minors interact with social media and other online platforms to make them less addictive.

A bill to regulate social media companies and the features they make available to minors is advancing in the Statehouse.

The staffer joins dozens of people across the country whose social media posts about Kirk have put their jobs in jeopardy. McLean County Nursing Home Administrator Tim Wiley posted on social media Saturday. but didn’t say what disciplinary action was taken against the employee.

WGLT talks to people in Bloomington-Normal about their own phone habits, as well as an ISU expert who researches and teaches about how people communicate online.

Of the 118 members of the Illinois House, 20 had verifiable, nonprivate TikTok accounts they used personally or as representatives as of Jan. 22. There were nine verifiable accounts found for state senators.

Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul is seeking to enforce state consumer protection laws to stop the platform from capitalizing on young users, and wants to hold the defendants accountable for “unfairly and deceptively designing, operating, and marketing the TikTok Platform to ensnare and addict young users in Illinois.”

Illinois Board of Elections public information officer Matt Dietrich presented information on cybersecurity threats and social media manipulation as the November election nears. Dietrich said the election itself is secure, but many have had their confidence in the system shaken.