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  "id": 3711981,
  "title": "Meta agrees US$16.68 billion settlement over child addiction claims",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/27/meta-agrees-us-16-68-billion-settlement-over-child-addiction-claims",
  "topic": "world",
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  "published": "2026-08-27T09:07:26.000Z",
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  "summary": "The company will pay a sum reported at roughly $16.7 billion and impose new limits on teenage accounts. The story Meta agrees US$16.68 billion settlement over child addiction claims as seen on Thaiger News .",
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        "outlet": "The Sydney Morning Herald",
        "title": "Meta agrees to multibillion-dollar settlement ending landmark trial",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/27/meta-agrees-to-multibillion-dollar-settlement-ending-landmark-trial",
        "published": "2026-08-27T06:33:14.000Z"
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        "outlet": "The Age",
        "title": "Meta agrees to multibillion-dollar settlement ending landmark trial",
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        "published": "2026-08-27T06:33:14.000Z"
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        "outlet": "NPR",
        "title": "Why Meta's settlement could be an 'inflection point' for reining in Big Tech",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/27/why-metas-settlement-could-be-an-inflection-point-for-reining-in-big",
        "published": "2026-08-27T07:00:00.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "The Guardian US",
        "title": "First Thing: Meta agrees to make sweeping changes to apps for teens | Martin Belam",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/27/first-thing-meta-agrees-to-make-sweeping-changes-to-apps-for-teens",
        "published": "2026-08-27T11:32:04.000Z"
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