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  "id": 3583076,
  "title": "Meta Reaches $18B Settlement With States in Trial Over Teen Social Media Addiction",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/26/meta-reaches-18b-settlement-with-states-in-trial-over-teen-social",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-08-26T19:11:16.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "MedPage Today",
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    "url": "https://www.medpagetoday.com/publichealthpolicy/publichealth/122769"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "(MedPage Today) -- Meta has agreed to pay $18 billion and add stronger child-safety measures to its Facebook and Instagram platforms to end a landmark trial over teen social media addiction and settle claims filed by 47 states, state attorneys...",
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "The Hindu Health",
        "title": "Meta, U.S. states have discussed settling teen social media harm case: Report",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/26/meta-u-s-states-have-discussed-settling-teen-social-media-harm-case",
        "published": "2026-08-26T05:09:17.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Register Science",
        "title": "Meta's proposed $18B settlement in teen harm case throws YouTube and TikTok under the bus, too",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/26/metas-proposed-18b-settlement-in-teen-harm-case-throws-youtube-and",
        "published": "2026-08-26T16:41:04.000Z"
      }
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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."
}