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  "id": 3715224,
  "title": "Meta settles landmark social media addiction case, avoiding jury",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/27/meta-settles-landmark-social-media-addiction-case-avoiding-jury",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-27T09:50:30.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Le Monde English",
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    "url": "https://www.lemonde.fr/en/economy/article/2026/08/27/meta-settles-landmark-social-media-addiction-case-avoiding-jury_6756899_19.html"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Threatened with a $200 billion fine for deliberately making minors addicted to its social media platforms, Mark Zuckerberg's company agreed to restrict teenagers' access to its services and pay up to $18 billion to settle the claims, the equivalent of one month's revenue for the company.",
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        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/27/analysis-metas-social-media-settlement-leaves-its-money-machine",
        "published": "2026-08-27T10:06:01.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "NPR",
        "title": "Meta reaches $17B settlement. And, nuclear regulator to abandon radiation safety rule",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/27/meta-reaches-17b-settlement-and-nuclear-regulator-to-abandon",
        "published": "2026-08-27T11:02:41.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Gulf News",
        "title": "UAE parents welcome Meta’s $18 billion child-safety deal and midnight social media shutdown: ‘Pressure is off us’",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/27/uae-parents-welcome-metas-18-billion-child-safety-deal-and-midnight",
        "published": "2026-08-27T12:13:20.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Daily Maverick",
        "title": "Online Safety: Meta wants to share social dilemma pain with TikTok and YouTube after $18bn settlement",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/27/online-safety-meta-wants-to-share-social-dilemma-pain-with-tiktok-and",
        "published": "2026-08-27T12:36:16.000Z"
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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."
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