EU charges TikTok with failing to protect users’ mental health
- TikTok has been charged by the European Commission with failing to protect users’ mental health by exposing them to a relentless stream of content that risks worsening eating disorders and anxiety in a case that strikes at its business model.
- Issuing a preliminary ruling on Friday, the EU regulator said TikTok’s algorithm “can be harmful” and was leading young and vulnerable users “down rabbit holes they cannot easily escape from”.
- The Chinese-owned short-video platform, which has 189 million users in the EU, was found to have failed to prevent users from being served up repetitive content on th
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- TikTok has been charged by the European Commission with failing to protect users’ mental health by exposing them to a relentless stream of content that risks worsening eating disorders and anxiety in a case that strikes at its business model.
- Issuing a preliminary ruling on Friday, the EU regulator said TikTok’s algorithm “can be harmful” and was leading young and vulnerable users “down rabbit holes they cannot easily escape from”.
- The Chinese-owned short-video platform, which has 189 million users in the EU, was found to have failed to prevent users from being served up repetitive content on th
Sources: Guardian, Al Jazeera