TikTok gave teens, children placebo safety feature in experiment, New York alleges
The lawsuit says thousands of users, including teens and children, got fake safety tools while TikTok measured engagement and ad revenue.
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TikTok gave teens, children placebo safety feature in experiment, New York alleges
Oct 7 : TikTok ran an experiment on thousands of users who tried to turn on a safety feature on the platform, giving them non-functional versions of the tool, according to allegations in New York’s lawsuit against the company unsealed on Wednesday.In the so-called “ghost” or placebo experiments, TikTok
TikTok carried out an experiment with thousands of users who tried to activate a security feature on the platform, offering versions of the tool that did not work, according to allegations of a lawsuit by the State of New York against the company made public on Wednesday (7).In the so-called ☆phantasmas ☆ or ☆placebo ☆ experiments, TikTok selected thousands of users, including adolescents and children, who chose to use security features such as …
TikTok accused of testing non-working safety feature on teens and children
Thousands of TikTok users who turned on a safety tool, Algo Refresh, were handed a version that did not work, according to allegations in New York Attorney General Letitia James’s lawsuit unsealed on Wednesday, per Reuters . Algo Refresh is built to reset a user’s recommendations when they want to...
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