Senators demand answers from TikTok over experiment that disabled safeguards

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• Rule-Based Analysis not AI APP Neutral 50% 6h
  Generated → 6h → Excluded

  Excluded: no stored price within tolerance of this prediction's maturity, checked by rescore_expired_predictions

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Original source

The safeguard was designed to prevent users from being overwhelmed by harmful content, but TikTok wanted to determine whether it made the app less engaging.

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Original article published by TechCrunch on August 20, 2026. Analysis and insights provided by AnalystMarkets AI.

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