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  "id": 2296509,
  "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-2296509",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-21T03:22:00.000Z",
  "source": {
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "A teen girl whose lawsuit was a test case in litigation accusing social media companies of deliberately addicting young people and fueling a mental health crisis dropped her claims against the owners of Instagram, Facebook, YouTube and Snapchat on Thursday, according to a court filing.",
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        "title": "US teen drops lawsuit against Meta, Google and Snap ahead of trial",
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