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  "id": 2280638,
  "title": "US teen drops lawsuit against Meta, Google and Snap ahead of trial",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/21/us-teen-drops-lawsuit-against-meta-google-and-snap-ahead-of-trial-2280638",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-21T01:39:44.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Malaysia Today",
    "slug": "free-malaysia-today-freemalays",
    "url": "https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/world/2026/08/21/us-teen-drops-lawsuit-against-meta-google-and-snap-ahead-of-trial"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "A teenage girl has dropped her lawsuit against Meta Platforms, Google, and Snap Inc., according to a court filing. The plaintiff, a 15-year-old girl from New Jersey, alleged that the social media platforms contributed to her addiction, depression, and self-harm. The companies stated that she dropped her claims without receiving any payment. The lawsuit was one of three bellwether cases set to go to trial in October. Meta and Google are currently defending themselves in two trials over the allegations of designing addictive platforms and misleading the public about safety.",
  "summary": "A 15-year-old New Jersey girl alleged that social media platforms owned by Meta, Google and Snap contributed to her addiction, depression and self-harm.",
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        "title": "US teen drops lawsuit against Meta, Google and Snap ahead of trial",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/21/us-teen-drops-lawsuit-against-meta-google-and-snap-ahead-of-trial-2276877",
        "published": "2026-08-21T01:39:44.000Z"
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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."
}