Tictoc continues to ignore dangers for the psychological health of young people, Amnesty International warns
About 18 months later in the international investigation, the company alleged that the “period of tense hole” of the poisonous content in Tictok – the company alleged that the company would maintain the problem of depression, suicide, extreme food and body images – to maintain the problem or solve it.
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Mimics of investigating behavior 13 -year -olds And it has only revealed 20 minutes After creating an account and interested in mental health issues, the “for you” feed began displaying a High quantity content on depression and suicides – Some of them are romantic or encouraging these themes.
According to Amnesty International, in a statement, the platform did not recognize the problem “The collapse of the column” Content related to depression and The suicide did not even show that new specific measures were implemented to resolve it.
In the Risk Assessment of 2024, under The European Union’s Digital Services Act (EU)Accept a tictoc queue CRepeated camitals adversely affect psychological well -beingEspecially in young people, but continue to resort to existing technical solutions Content filters E. Feed reconstruction.
Amnesty also highlights the way Tictoc collects and uses data from usersTo customize content, including signs of your emotional state – according to the company, violates the right to privacy.
A platform Nega, But it agrees to use automatic learning algorithms to prevent repeated recommendations of delicate themes, which Did not solve the problem Recognized in 2023.
“Amnesty International Reference called Tictoc Somehow knows and uses the user’s emotional state to recommend The content indicator is the wrong feature of the operation of our platform, ”the platform said in response to the NGO analysis.
