{
  "id": 649618,
  "title": "Meta faces $1.4 trillion damages in lawsuit over child social media addiction",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/meta-faces-1-4-trillion-damages-in-lawsuit-over-child-social-media",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-08-12T04:43:11.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "France 24 Business",
    "slug": "france-24-business",
    "url": "https://www.france24.com/en/business/20260812-meta-meets-its-own-tobacco-moment-in-court"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Jury selection begins Wednesday in a lawsuit filed by the states of California, Colorado, Kentucky and New Jersey alleging that Meta uses technology to make Facebook and Instagram addictive for children. The states are demanding changes to Meta's apps, in addition to financial penalties as high as $1.4 trillion in what has been dubbed social media's \"big tobacco moment\". Meta denies the…",
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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."
}