Teen Died because TikTok Just Turned Off Safety Controls to See What Happened
TikTok kept about 15 million U.S. users on an older feed to test whether its safer version reduced engagement, a confidential Bloomberg document says.
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TikTok knowingly lied about how its algorithm led to a suicide
TL;DR A leaked internal report reveals TikTok withheld algorithm safety features from ~15 million people in 2022 to test how guardrails impacted daily active user (DAU) metrics. The report notes that a 16-year-old was randomly placed in the unprotected control group, flooding his feed with thousands of suicide and self-harm videos shortly before his death. TikTok says user safety remains a top priority, and it continues to invest in Trust and S…
Teen died because TikTok just turned off safety controls to see what happened
TikTok boasted about adding measures to protect teenagers from harmful content, but deliberately kept them from 15 million Americans until one killed himself, and then lied about being responsible.TikTok intentionally disabled new safety features for a control group of around 15 million Americans.Even before the US questioned the security of Chinese social media platform TikTok, the service's parent company was regularly under fire over child sa…
TikTok intentionally withheld suicide prevention features from 15 million users to measure usage rates. In the process, a teenage user died after being exposed to self-harm videos, and management is suspected of covering this up during a hearing.
A TikTok A/B Test Proves It Is Responsible for What Users See – Pixel Envy
In 2023, Bloomberg Businessweek asked TikTok for comment as it reported out a story about users who were recommended videos about self-harm and suicide, particularly teenagers like Chase Nasca. It is a difficult read. As a result of this press outreach, TikTok analyzed Nasca’s account and why he was given so much of this material that it likely played a role when he took his own life at just sixteen years old. Olivia Carville, of Bloomberg Busin…
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