{
  "id": 1855353,
  "title": "Meta in court over child social media addiction",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/19/meta-in-court-over-child-social-media-addiction",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-19T03:02:02.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Dawn",
    "slug": "dawn",
    "url": "https://www.dawn.com/news/2023814/meta-in-court-over-child-social-media-addiction"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "OAKLAND: Opening arguments begin on Tuesday in the federal trial of Meta, the social media titan accused of deliberately making Instagram and Facebook platforms addictive to children, with a coalition of states seeking $200 billion dollars in penalties. In what many experts have called social media’s “big tobacco moment,” Meta stands charged with harming children by using technology specifically…",
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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."
}