North Dakota will receive $17.6 million from a multistate settlement with Meta, which owns Facebook and Instagram, over addictive features on social platforms. Minnesota is set to receive $214 million, while South Dakota will receive at least $53 million. North Dakota Attorney General Drew Wrigley said the state received less because it joined Michigan, Georgia and Montana in withdrawing their names from the lawsuit. The move did not prevent North Dakota from seeking relief, but ended its participation in extensive discovery demands issued by a magistrate judge in California. Wrigley said state agencies could not meet those requests in a meaningful, cost-effective or timely way given the state’s small consumer protection division. He said the distribution differences were unexpected, but the litigation achieved its goal of protecting young users from unfair practices and features. North Dakota’s payment is not tied to named victims or assessed damages for a defined injured group.