{
  "id": 3520339,
  "title": "Meta agrees to pay up to $16.6bn to settle social media addiction trial",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/26/meta-agrees-to-pay-up-to-16-6bn-to-settle-social-media-addiction-trial",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-26T11:41:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Sky News",
    "slug": "sky-news",
    "url": "https://news.sky.com/story/meta-agrees-to-pay-up-to-166bn-to-settle-social-media-addiction-trial-13577349"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Meta has agreed to pay up to $16.68bn (£12.26bn) to dozens of US states to settle claims that its social media platforms harmed children.",
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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."
}