{
  "id": 3527664,
  "title": "Meta to pay $18 billion and make sweeping app changes to settle social media harms lawsuit",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/26/meta-to-pay-18-billion-and-make-sweeping-app-changes-to-settle-social",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-26T14:20:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Scientific American",
    "slug": "scientific-american",
    "url": "https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/meta-to-pay-18-billion-and-make-sweeping-app-changes-to-settle-social-media-harms-lawsuit/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Meta agreed to implement new safety measures, including a default two-hour daily limit for using Facebook and Instagram, for users under the age of 18",
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  "coverage": {
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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."
}