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  "title": "What could Meta’s US settlement mean around the world – and what now for other claims against firm?",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/28/what-could-metas-us-settlement-mean-around-the-world-and-what-now-for",
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  "published": "2026-08-28T04:00:48.000Z",
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    "name": "The Guardian",
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    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/aug/28/meta-facebook-us-lawsuit-settlement-world-impact"
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  "summary": "Other governments could seek similar concessions, while separate legal action is pending in places ranging from Kenya to the Netherlands In October 2021, Abrham Meareg’s father, a professor of chemistry in Ethiopia’s northern town of Bahir Dar, was shot at close range and died outside his family home. This was in the middle of the country’s civil war. For weeks, Facebook’s algorithm had actively…",
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        "title": "What could Meta’s US settlement mean around the world – and what now for other claims against firm?",
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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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