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  "id": 248543,
  "title": "Meta ordered to pay almost $1bn over child safety failings",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/07/meta-ordered-to-pay-almost-1bn-over-child-safety-failings",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-08-07T01:57:00.000Z",
  "source": {
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    "url": "https://news.sky.com/story/meta-ordered-to-pay-almost-1bn-over-child-safety-failings-13570556"
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  "summary": "Meta, the owner of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, has been ordered to pay $567m (£421m) to address the harm caused to children on its platforms.",
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        "title": "Meta ordered to pay almost $1bn over child safety failings",
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        "published": "2026-08-07T01:57:00.000Z"
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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."
}