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  "id": 3672164,
  "title": "Meta reaches $16.68 billion settlement over social media harms to children",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/27/meta-reaches-16-68-billion-settlement-over-social-media-harms-to",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-08-27T04:45:01.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hindu Health",
    "slug": "the-hindu-health",
    "url": "https://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/technology/meta-reaches-settlement-over-social-media-harms-to-children/article71393099.ece"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The settlement was reached during a California federal trial over claims brought by 29 states, averting one of the highest-profile tests yet of allegations that social media companies harmed young users",
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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."
}