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  "title": "EU investigates Booking.com over online fraud and phishing risks",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/21/eu-investigates-booking-com-over-online-fraud-and-phishing-risks",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-10-21T13:12:39.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Le Monde English",
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    "url": "https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2026/10/21/eu-investigates-booking-com-over-online-fraud-and-phishing-risks_6760988_4.html"
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  "summary": "The EU's digital watchdog said it would assess whether the online platform 'properly identified' risks linked to the spread of illegal content such as non-existent properties and fraudsters portraying themselves as the owner of a property and putting it up for rent.",
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        "outlet": "CNA - Business",
        "title": "Booking.com targeted in EU investigation into phishing scams, fraudulent listings",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/21/booking-com-targeted-in-eu-investigation-into-phishing-scams",
        "published": "2026-10-21T10:02:31.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Economic Times Tech",
        "title": "Booking.com targeted in EU investigation into phishing scams, fraudulent listings",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/21/booking-com-targeted-in-eu-investigation-into-phishing-scams-15877365",
        "published": "2026-10-21T11:07:46.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Techmeme",
        "title": "The EU Commission launches a DSA probe into Booking Holdings' Booking.com to determine whether it is doing enough to combat fraudulent listings and phishing (Foo Yun Chee/Reuters)",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/21/the-eu-commission-launches-a-dsa-probe-into-booking-holdings-booking",
        "published": "2026-10-21T11:50:27.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Euronews",
        "title": "EU probes whether Booking.com is doing enough to tackle fake listings and phishing scams",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/21/eu-probes-whether-booking-com-is-doing-enough-to-tackle-fake-listings",
        "published": "2026-10-21T12:12:34.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Business Recorder",
        "title": "Booking.com targeted in EU investigation into phishing scams, fraudulent listings",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/21/booking-com-targeted-in-eu-investigation-into-phishing-scams-15949092",
        "published": "2026-10-21T20:53:12.000Z"
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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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