US EditionFrance: TikTok still steering vulnerable children and young people towards depressive and suicidal content
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Liberation
elle.frThe French branch of the NGO publishes this Tuesday, October 21 a survey demonstrating the harmful effects of the social network, which hosts and highlights countless problematic videos, and announces to seize the Arcom.
Amnesty warns that TikTok exploits youth insecurities. France debates prohibition to protect the mental health of minors.
The French NGO antenna denounces in a report the "spirical" effect of the algorithm which quickly directs teenagers watching videos about ill-being towards "depressive content".
Amnesty International
Amnesty International IrelandFrance: TikTok still steering vulnerable children and young people towards depressive and suicidal content
The report contains sensitive content including references to self-harm and suicide New Amnesty International research has found that TikTok’s ‘For You’ feed is pushing French children and young people engaging with mental health content into a cycle of depression, self-harm and suicide content. The research, ‘Dragged into the Rabbit Hole‘, highlights TikTok’s ongoing failure to address its systemic design risks affecting children and young …
Amnesty International points out, this Tuesday, spirals still as strong in which the platform locks its users, especially the younger ones, in sometimes very dark content. It will seize the Arcom.
Amnesty International denounces in a report published on Tuesday the "spirical" effect of the social network's algorithm TikTok, accused of amplifying exposure to content related to suicide or self-injury, and seized the Arcom. "Amnesty International France has decided to seize the Arcom to file a complaint under the DSA (Digital Services Act), the European regulation on digital services, ndlr) against TikTok for failing to comply with its oblig…
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