{
  "id": 4666052,
  "title": "Meta defeats Instagram shopping monopoly lawsuit for now",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/31/meta-defeats-instagram-shopping-monopoly-lawsuit-for-now",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-31T15:29:04.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Economic Times Tech",
    "slug": "economic-times-tech",
    "url": "https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/meta-defeats-instagram-shopping-monopoly-lawsuit-for-now/articleshow/133657047.cms"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "US Magistrate Judge Virginia DeMarchi in San Jose, California, on Friday dismissed claims brought by London-based Ollywan, which had alleged last year that Meta copied its concept for a \"tag-based\" shopping platform before launching Instagram Shopping in 2016.",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "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."
}