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  "id": 3837273,
  "title": "Sources: the FTC has been investigating whether YouTube broke consumer protection laws by violating its own policies when suspending accounts or banning content (Bloomberg)",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/27/sources-the-ftc-has-been-investigating-whether-youtube-broke-consumer",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-08-27T22:45:01.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Techmeme",
    "slug": "techmeme",
    "url": "https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-08-27/us-ftc-probing-youtube-over-social-media-policies?accessToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzb3VyY2UiOiJTdWJzY3JpYmVyR2lmdGVkQXJ0aWNsZSIsImlhdCI6MTc4Nzg3MDUyNiwiZXhwIjoxNzg4NDc1MzI2LCJhcnRpY2xlSWQiOiJUS0U5MU5LSkg2VkYwMCIsImJjb25uZWN0SWQiOiJDQThGQ0Y4NkY1QjY0ODlCODA4ODkwNTFBNjMxRERBRCJ9.e9QS2TC949dcH667a6FORlZl9_OdjvQRbYprlYzl0AA"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "The US Federal Trade Commission has been investigating whether Alphabet Inc.'s YouTube violated consumer protection laws …",
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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."
}