{
  "id": 3790129,
  "title": "Historic Meta Settlement Mandates Safer Social Media for Youth",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/27/historic-meta-settlement-mandates-safer-social-media-for-youth",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-08-27T18:00:23.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Health Policy Watch",
    "slug": "health-policy-watch",
    "url": "https://healthpolicy-watch.news/meta-safer-youth-social-media/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Following a landmark agreement in the United States on Wednesday, social media giant Meta agreed to pay up to $18 billion to US states. This historic settlement, pending court approval, obliges the company to make Instagram and Facebook safer for children. Scientific research – including a landmark report by an expert panel commissioned by the […]",
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "The Hindu Health",
        "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",
        "published": "2026-08-27T04:45:01.000Z"
      }
    ]
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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."
}