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  "id": 1743961,
  "title": "Meta's federal trial over child social media addiction set to begin",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/18/metas-federal-trial-over-child-social-media-addiction-set-to-begin",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-18T15:55:23.000Z",
  "source": {
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    "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/meta-federal-trial-child-social-media-addiction/"
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  "summary": "The lawsuit accuses the social media giant of contributing to the youth mental health crisis by deliberately designing features that addict children to its platforms.",
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        "outlet": "The Sydney Morning Herald",
        "title": "‘Meta needed kids’: Tech giant on trial over social media addiction",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/18/meta-needed-kids-tech-giant-on-trial-over-social-media-addiction",
        "published": "2026-08-18T17:20:18.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "The Age",
        "title": "‘Meta needed kids’: Tech giant on trial over social media addiction",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/18/meta-needed-kids-tech-giant-on-trial-over-social-media-addiction-1759144",
        "published": "2026-08-18T17:20:18.000Z"
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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."
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