{
  "id": 537675,
  "title": "U.S. appeals court allows thousands of lawsuits against social media companies over user addiction claims to proceed",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/11/u-s-appeals-court-allows-thousands-of-lawsuits-against-social-media",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-11T04:40:36.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hindu - Sci-Tech",
    "slug": "the-hindu-sci-tech",
    "url": "https://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/technology/us-appeals-court-allows-thousands-of-lawsuits-against-social-media-companies-over-user-addiction-claims-to-proceed/article71330906.ece"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The companies are facing hundreds of additional lawsuits over similar claims in state court, with approximately 3,300 of them in a consolidated proceeding in California state court",
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  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "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."
}