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  "id": 18590137,
  "title": "EU charges TikTok over harmful algorithmic ‘rabbit hole’ effects",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/06/eu-charges-tiktok-over-harmful-algorithmic-rabbit-hole-effects-18590137",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-06T23:13:22.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Daily Times",
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    "url": "https://dailytimes.com.pk/1577911/eu-charges-tiktok-over-harmful-algorithmic-rabbit-hole-effects/"
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  "summary": "European Union’s (EU) tech regulators charged social media platform TikTok on Friday with breaching the bloc’s online content rules, telling it to fix the so-called “rabbit hole” effect of its recommender system, which attracts users’ attention to a constant stream of similar videos. TikTok’s Chinese owner ByteDance risks a fine next year of up to […]",
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        "outlet": "Politico EU",
        "title": "EU accuses TikTok of designing algorithm that creates ‘rabbit holes’",
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        "outlet": "Channel News Asia",
        "title": "EU charges TikTok over harmful algorithmic 'rabbit hole' effects",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/06/eu-charges-tiktok-over-harmful-algorithmic-rabbit-hole-effects",
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        "title": "EU charges TikTok over harmful algorithmic 'rabbit hole' effects",
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        "outlet": "Toronto Sun",
        "title": "EU tells TikTok to change ‘harmful’ For You feed",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/06/eu-tells-tiktok-to-change-harmful-for-you-feed",
        "published": "2026-11-06T12:08:31.000Z"
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        "outlet": "RTE News",
        "title": "'Rabbit hole' TikTok feeds violate digital rules, says EU",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/06/rabbit-hole-tiktok-feeds-violate-digital-rules-says-eu",
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        "outlet": "Hindustan Times - World News",
        "title": "TikTok faces EU charges over 'rabbit hole' algorithm, risks 6% global revenue fine",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/06/tiktok-faces-eu-charges-over-rabbit-hole-algorithm-risks-6-global",
        "published": "2026-11-06T13:00:19.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Euronews",
        "title": "EU tells TikTok to change 'harmful' For You feed over 'rabbit hole effect'",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/06/eu-tells-tiktok-to-change-harmful-for-you-feed-over-rabbit-hole-effect",
        "published": "2026-11-06T13:48:53.000Z"
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        "outlet": "Dawn",
        "title": "EU charges TikTok over harmful algorithmic 'rabbit hole' effects, tells it to change 'For You' feed",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/06/eu-charges-tiktok-over-harmful-algorithmic-rabbit-hole-effects-tells",
        "published": "2026-11-06T14:54:28.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Seeking Alpha News",
        "title": "European regulators go after TikTok for 'rabbit hole' effect on users",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/06/european-regulators-go-after-tiktok-for-rabbit-hole-effect-on-users",
        "published": "2026-11-06T16:09:11.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Le Monde English",
        "title": "EU tells TikTok to change 'harmful' For You feed",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/06/eu-tells-tiktok-to-change-harmful-for-you-feed-18536087",
        "published": "2026-11-06T16:39:39.000Z"
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