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  "id": 12913628,
  "title": "New York accuses TikTok of serving users ‘placebo’ safety features",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/08/new-york-accuses-tiktok-of-serving-users-placebo-safety-features",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-10-08T16:53:49.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Verge",
    "slug": "the-verge",
    "url": "https://www.theverge.com/tech/1008112/new-york-tiktok-lawsuit-placebo-safety-features"
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  "summary": "New York is alleging that thousands of TikTok users, including kids and teens, were unknowingly given \"ghost\" versions of the platform's safety features rather than the working versions. Reuters reports the allegation is part of an \"updated, sealed version\" of New York's 2024 lawsuit against TikTok, which was \"later ordered unsealed by a judge.\" According […]",
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      {
        "outlet": "Channel News Asia",
        "title": "TikTok gave teens, children placebo safety feature in experiment, New York alleges",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/07/tiktok-gave-teens-children-placebo-safety-feature-in-experiment-new",
        "published": "2026-10-07T21:51:35.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Investing.com",
        "title": "TikTok gave teens, children placebo safety feature in experiment, New York alleges",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/07/tiktok-gave-teens-children-placebo-safety-feature-in-experiment-new-12724783",
        "published": "2026-10-07T22:00:59.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "New Straits Times",
        "title": "TikTok gave teens, children placebo safety feature in experiment, New York alleges",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/07/tiktok-gave-teens-children-placebo-safety-feature-in-experiment-new-12727851",
        "published": "2026-10-07T22:34:25.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Free Malaysia Today",
        "title": "New York accuses TikTok of running secret safety tests on teens",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/08/new-york-accuses-tiktok-of-running-secret-safety-tests-on-teens",
        "published": "2026-10-08T00:40:17.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "RTE News",
        "title": "TikTok gave kids placebo safety feature, lawsuit alleges",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/08/tiktok-gave-kids-placebo-safety-feature-lawsuit-alleges",
        "published": "2026-10-08T02:05:51.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Techmeme",
        "title": "Unsealed docs: in its lawsuit, New York alleges TikTok gave thousands of users, including youth, non-functional safety features as part of placebo experiments (Diana Novak Jones/Reuters)",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/08/unsealed-docs-in-its-lawsuit-new-york-alleges-tiktok-gave-thousands",
        "published": "2026-10-08T02:15:42.000Z"
      }
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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."
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