{
  "id": 2192822,
  "title": "Senators press TikTok over withholding of safety features for some users",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/20/senators-press-tiktok-over-withholding-of-safety-features-for-some",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-08-20T17:33:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Record",
    "slug": "the-record",
    "url": "https://therecord.media/senators-press-tiktok-over-withholding-safety-features"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "In a letter on Wednesday, Sens. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) and Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) criticized the company for having “knowingly withheld a critical safety measure for millions of American users.\"",
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    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "TechCrunch",
        "title": "Senators demand answers from TikTok over experiment that disabled safeguards",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/20/senators-demand-answers-from-tiktok-over-experiment-that-disabled",
        "published": "2026-08-20T16:22:19.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Techmeme",
        "title": "Two US senators demand answers from TikTok about a \"depraved\" test that withheld a safety feature from 10% of US users, including a teenager who died by suicide (Olivia Carville/Bloomberg)",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/20/two-us-senators-demand-answers-from-tiktok-about-a-depraved-test-that",
        "published": "2026-08-20T17:00:47.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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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."
}