{
  "id": 835904,
  "title": "Meta says it has taken down 756,000 Australian teen accounts as ban enforcement looms",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/14/meta-says-it-has-taken-down-756-000-australian-teen-accounts-as-ban",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-14T02:45:00.000Z",
  "source": {
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    "url": "https://www.myjoyonline.com/meta-says-it-has-taken-down-756000-australian-teen-accounts-as-ban-enforcement-looms/"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Facebook and Instagram owner Meta said on Thursday it had taken down more than 750,000 accounts it suspected were held by Australians aged under 16 since a world-first ban on teen accounts",
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      {
        "outlet": "Channel News Asia",
        "title": "Meta says it has taken down 756,000 Australian teen accounts as ban enforcement looms",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/13/meta-says-it-has-taken-down-756-000-australian-teen-accounts-as-ban",
        "published": "2026-08-13T07:36:00.000Z"
      }
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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."
}