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  "id": 15928859,
  "title": "Meta Ordered to Pay $25 Billion for Deceiving Users on Privacy",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/21/meta-ordered-to-pay-25-billion-for-deceiving-users-on-privacy",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-21T18:05:27.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The New York Times",
    "slug": "the-new-york-times",
    "url": "https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/21/technology/meta-penalty-new-mexico.html"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "The penalty, one of the largest levied against the tech giant, stemmed from a lawsuit by New Mexico claiming the social media company had misled users about their data privacy.",
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Times of India",
        "title": "Meta ordered to pay $25 billion in fine linked to 8-year-old data privacy scandal",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/21/meta-ordered-to-pay-25-billion-in-fine-linked-to-8-year-old-data",
        "published": "2026-10-21T18:27:53.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Variety",
        "title": "Meta Ordered to Pay $25 Billion in New Mexico Data Privacy Case",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/21/meta-ordered-to-pay-25-billion-in-new-mexico-data-privacy-case",
        "published": "2026-10-21T18:34:27.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}