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  "id": 4607428,
  "title": "How Australia’s social media ban loomed over Meta’s $24b settlement",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/31/how-australias-social-media-ban-loomed-over-metas-24b-settlement",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-08-31T08:38:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Sydney Morning Herald",
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  "summary": "A landmark settlement reached by the Facebook owner shows that the government’s social media ban is changing the conversation.",
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        "title": "How Australia’s social media ban loomed over Meta’s $24b settlement",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/31/how-australias-social-media-ban-loomed-over-metas-24b-settlement-4607796",
        "published": "2026-08-31T08:38:03.000Z"
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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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