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  "id": 1854524,
  "title": "Meta hooked children and misled public: prosecutors",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/19/meta-hooked-children-and-misled-public-prosecutors",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-08-19T01:38:47.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hindu - Sci-Tech",
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  "summary": "In what many experts have called social media's ‘big tobacco moment’, a coalition of States is asking that Meta be penalized by around $200 billion for designing products addictive to children",
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        "outlet": "Japan Times",
        "title": "Meta hooked children and misled public: prosecutors",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/19/meta-hooked-children-and-misled-public-prosecutors-1858684",
        "published": "2026-08-19T02:19:00.000Z"
      }
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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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