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SENATORS GRILL TIKTOK OVER SAFETY TEST THAT WITHHELD FEATURE

Two US senators have demanded answers from TikTok about an experiment that deliberately withheld a safety feature from 10% of US users. The test included a teenager who later died by suicide.

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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)

Olivia Carville / Bloomberg: Two US senators demand answers from TikTok about a “depraved” test that withheld a safety f…

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