{
  "id": 852855,
  "title": "Social media firms urge caution on early Australia under-16 ban data",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/14/social-media-firms-urge-caution-on-early-australia-under-16-ban-data-852855",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-08-14T06:57:44.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Economic Times Tech",
    "slug": "economic-times-tech",
    "url": "https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/social-media-firms-urge-caution-on-early-australia-under-16-ban-data/articleshow/133231422.cms"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Local heads of YouTube owner Google, Facebook and Instagram owner Meta, Snapchat and TikTok fronted a Senate inquiry as lawmakers pressed them on multiple studies, including from Australia's internet regulator, showing some 80% of minors were still on social media months after the ban took effect in December.",
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "The Indian Express",
        "title": "Social media firms urge caution on early Australia under-16 ban data",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/15/social-media-firms-urge-caution-on-early-australia-under-16-ban-data",
        "published": "2026-08-15T05:17:27.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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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."
}