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  "id": 3662498,
  "title": "Meta Agrees to Pay $18 Billion to Settle US Lawsuits over Children’s Social Media Addiction",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/27/meta-agrees-to-pay-18-billion-to-settle-us-lawsuits-over-childrens",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-27T03:53:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Japan News by The Yomiuri Shimbun",
    "slug": "the-japan-news-by-the-yomiuri-shimbun",
    "url": "https://japannews.yomiuri.co.jp/news-services/reuters/20260827-345739/"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "OAKLAND, California, Aug 26 (Reuters) - Meta Platforms META.O will pay up to $18 billion over the next decade and strictly limit how teenagers use Facebook and Instagram under an agreement with nearly all U.S. states to resolve claims it designed those social media platforms to addict children.",
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      {
        "outlet": "Business Recorder",
        "title": "Meta agrees to pay $18 billion to settle US lawsuits over children's social media addiction",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/26/meta-agrees-to-pay-18-billion-to-settle-us-lawsuits-over-childrens-3579724",
        "published": "2026-08-26T19:30:23.000Z"
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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."
}