TikTok executives know about app's effect on teens, lawsuit documents allege
Internal communications reveal TikTok's awareness of its app's harmful effects on minors, including addiction and negative mental health outcomes, despite implementing limited safety features and facing scrutiny over its algorithm.
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internal communications from TikTok reveal that the company is aware of the harmful effects its app has on children and teenagers. Despite this knowledge, TikTok has been accused of designing the app to be addictive, particularly for young users. The revelations come from a lawsuit filed by 14 state attorneys general, which includes unredacted documents showing that TikTok executives discussed the app's dangers, including its impact on mental health and the potential for addiction. The internal research indicated that excessive use of the app correlates with negative mental health outcomes, such as anxiety and impaired social skills. TikTok has implemented some safety features, like time management tools, but internal assessments suggest these measures have minimal impact on reducing screen time. The company has also faced scrutiny for its algorithm, which reportedly prioritizes attractive users, potentially promoting unrealistic beauty standards. TikTok's spokesperson defended the company's efforts to protect minors, but the internal documents suggest a disconnect between public statements and internal awareness of the app's risks.
- TikTok executives acknowledge the app's harmful effects on minors.
- The company is accused of intentionally designing the app to be addictive.
- Internal research links excessive app use to negative mental health outcomes.
- Safety features implemented by TikTok have shown limited effectiveness.
- The app's algorithm may promote unrealistic beauty standards among users.
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2 commentsKinda surprising, isn't it?! :D
It's very similar, but with a nice layer of nationalistic/censorship icing on top as a bonus. Just as idiotic and unfounded. All kinds of things may harm teens, if the teens are in any case susceptible to harm for their own reasons. By the logic of blaming tiktok, you could blame TV, video games (again), any American social network and while we're at it, even books! You could indeed blame anything that might, just might, harm the fragile, insecure, self-obsessed mentalities that are a hallmark of adolescence. Why don't we just wrap kids in bubbles of positive thinking while we're at it, make sure no scary thoughts or need to harden their thinking ever need enter.
It's really popular on this site to throw shit on social media. Much of that shit is deserved, but other parts of it veer right over into a derangement syndrome in which, apparently, reasoned thinking, personal freedoms, rights to free expression and thoughtful political considerations can all be discarded as long as it means sticking it to some social media platform. Ridiculous.
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