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  "id": 3530584,
  "title": "Meta to block teen app usage at night, impose two-hour daily limit",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/26/meta-to-block-teen-app-usage-at-night-impose-two-hour-daily-limit",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-08-26T15:14:16.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Punch",
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    "url": "https://punchng.com/meta-to-block-teen-app-usage-at-night-impose-two-hour-daily-limit/"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Facebook and Instagram owner Meta on Wednesday agreed to block teens from using its apps at night and to impose a default two-hour cap on their cumulative daily use across the company’s family of apps. The measures were part of a $16.7 billion settlement with US states over claims that Meta deliberately engineered its platforms Read More:…",
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        "outlet": "Punch Nigeria",
        "title": "Meta to block teen app usage at night, impose two-hour daily limit",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/26/meta-to-block-teen-app-usage-at-night-impose-two-hour-daily-limit-3534821",
        "published": "2026-08-26T15:52:17.000Z"
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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."
}