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  "id": 462454,
  "title": "Why Taiwan is conducting its first-ever mobile network throttling exercise",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/10/why-taiwan-is-conducting-its-first-ever-mobile-network-throttling-462454",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-08-10T10:59:19.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Reuters Business via SCMP",
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    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3363551/why-taiwan-conducting-its-first-ever-mobile-network-throttling-exercise"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Taiwan is conducting its first-ever mobile network throttling exercise this week to test how the public responds to wartime communications disruptions, a new civil defence measure that has sparked criticism over the government’s preparedness. The exercise, held in central Taiwan on Monday and planned for northern Taiwan on Thursday, will simulate severe mobile network congestion by reducing 4G…",
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      {
        "outlet": "South China Morning Post",
        "title": "Why Taiwan is conducting its first-ever mobile network throttling exercise",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/10/why-taiwan-is-conducting-its-first-ever-mobile-network-throttling",
        "published": "2026-08-10T10:59:19.000Z"
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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."
}