# Senators Demand Answers From TikTok Over ‘Depraved’ Experiment

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- Bloomberg News, 2026-08-20 14:00 UTC
- Tech
- Original: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-08-20/senators-demand-answers-from-tiktok-about-depraved-safety-experiment?link_source=ta_bluesky_link&taid=6a870877c69d29000181af23

> Two US senators are pressing TikTok executives to explain a test that withheld a safety feature from millions of users, including a teenager who later died by suicide. The lawmakers, who co-sponsor an online child-safety bill, described TikTok’s decision to run the experiment as “depraved.”