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  "id": 6786396,
  "title": "Texas judge rules TikTok misled users on child safety feature",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/11/texas-judge-rules-tiktok-misled-users-on-child-safety-feature-6786396",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-09-11T17:17:55.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Economic Times Tech",
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    "url": "https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/texas-judge-rules-tiktok-misled-users-on-child-safety-feature/articleshow/134081284.cms"
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  "summary": "According to the ruling, Texas said TikTok told users it would remove content that violated its Community Guidelines, but internally classified some of that material as \"hard to find\" rather than \"do not allow,\" allowing it to remain on the platform. Judge Cory Liu agreed that the practice violated the state's consumer protection law.",
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        "title": "Texas judge rules TikTok misled users on child safety feature",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/11/texas-judge-rules-tiktok-misled-users-on-child-safety-feature",
        "published": "2026-09-11T02:12:42.000Z"
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        "outlet": "Techmeme",
        "title": "A US judge finds TikTok liable for lying about its safety standards and exposing minors to inappropriate content, in a 2025 lawsuit filed by Texas AG Ken Paxton (Christian Terry/Click2Houston.com)",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/11/a-us-judge-finds-tiktok-liable-for-lying-about-its-safety-standards",
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        "outlet": "Free Malaysia Today",
        "title": "Texas judge rules TikTok misled users on child safety feature",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/11/texas-judge-rules-tiktok-misled-users-on-child-safety-feature-6703826",
        "published": "2026-09-11T03:18:00.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "The Hill",
        "title": "TikTok misled consumers about filtering content for minors, judge rules",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/11/tiktok-misled-consumers-about-filtering-content-for-minors-judge-rules",
        "published": "2026-09-11T20:38:53.000Z"
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