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  "id": 530182,
  "title": "US court rules Meta, other tech firms must face thousands of lawsuits over social media addiction",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/11/us-court-rules-meta-other-tech-firms-must-face-thousands-of-lawsuits-530182",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-08-11T02:16:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Joy Business",
    "slug": "joy-business",
    "url": "https://www.myjoyonline.com/us-court-rules-meta-other-tech-firms-must-face-thousands-of-lawsuits-over-social-media-addiction/"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "A U.S. appeals court on Monday allowed thousands of lawsuits to move forward against Meta Platforms, Alphabet's, Google, ByteDance's TikTok and Snap Inc's, Snapchat over claims they designed their products to be addictive to young users.",
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        "published": "2026-08-11T02:16:00.000Z"
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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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