US EditionTikTok Under Scrutiny: Impact on Youth Mental Health
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The Minister of Education announced on France Inter have justice against Tiktok and its algorithm, which would offer videos "incitement to suicide"
TikTok Under Scrutiny: Impact on Youth Mental Health
The French education ministry has lodged a report to the Paris prosecutor's office about TikTok's potential link to mental health issues in youths, due to excessive screen time. TikTok, owned by ByteDance, faces increasing scrutiny as previous investigations considered risks of its algorithms on youth suicide.
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Édouard Geffray, Minister of National Education, himself tried to create a TikTok account by saying he was 14 years old."In less than 20 minutes, we ended up on depressive videos," he says.
"In less than 20 minutes, without liking anything, we ended up with depressive videos," said Edouard Geffray on Thursday on France Inter, explaining that he had done a test with his firm.
On March 26, French Education Minister Edouard Geffray filed complaints with the Paris prosecutor's office against the social media platform TikTok. The education minister accuses the platform's algorithm of sharing illegal content that encourages young people to take their own lives. "We must stop this deadly spiral that leads teenagers in a life-threatening situation," Geffray told France Inter radio. Among the evidence submitted to the prosec…
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