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  "id": 8092360,
  "title": "'The harms have come to outweigh the benefits' of social media, researcher says",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/17/the-harms-have-come-to-outweigh-the-benefits-of-social-media",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-09-17T19:29:04.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "France 24",
    "slug": "france-24",
    "url": "https://www.france24.com/en/the-harms-have-come-to-outweigh-the-benefits-of-social-media-researcher-says"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "The EU laid out plans Thursday for strict age limits for children to access social media, games and AI assistants -- and on forcing companies to make platforms safe before minors use them. Speaking with FRANCE 24's Mark Owen, Lisa Dittmer, Researcher, Children and Young People’s Digital Rights at Amnesty International, says that \"the harms have come to outweigh the benefits of social media and it…",
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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."
}