{
  "id": 3611300,
  "title": "$17B Meta settlement puts focus on youth mental health crisis, Colorado AG says",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/26/17b-meta-settlement-puts-focus-on-youth-mental-health-crisis-colorado",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-08-26T22:55:13.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "PBS NewsHour",
    "slug": "pbs-newshour",
    "url": "https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/17b-meta-settlement-puts-focus-on-youth-mental-health-crisis-colorado-ag-says"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Meta agreed to pay up to $17 billion in a settlement, putting to rest a trial where dozens of states accused it of deliberately endangering children through their platforms. The company behind Facebook and Instagram agreed to implement digital guardrails for minors and is asking other social platforms to do the same. Geoff Bennett discussed more with Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser.",
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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."
}