{
  "id": 2139629,
  "title": "Meta 'knew and did nothing,' whistleblower reveals in child safety trial",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/20/meta-knew-and-did-nothing-whistleblower-reveals-in-child-safety-trial",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-20T13:16:09.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Euronews",
    "slug": "euronews",
    "url": "http://www.euronews.com/next/2026/08/20/meta-knew-and-did-nothing-whistleblower-reveals-in-child-safety-trial"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Prosecutors have claimed that Meta was aware of the damage its platforms did to young users' mental health, but chose to hide it and keep harvesting their data.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Toronto Sun",
        "title": "Some of Meta’s safety tools were ‘designed to fail’: Witness",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/20/some-of-metas-safety-tools-were-designed-to-fail-witness",
        "published": "2026-08-20T13:14:34.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "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."
}