French Families File Complaint Against TikTok over Teen Self-Harm, Suicides
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Video. Parents take TikTok to court over claims it hooks teenagers
Video. Sixteen French families have launched an unusual collective complaint against TikTok, accusing the platform of a systematic "abuse of weakness." According to Franceinfo, their lawyer describes the algorithm as "digital crack," designed to trap teenagers in mental prisons. Let's investigate.
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NotreTemps.comSixteen families asked, on Monday, that the Paris survey on TikTok be extended: they accuse the social network of instrumentalizing "the vulnerability of minors" by making them addicted to "morbid content" to "maximize their time" on its platform.
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Modern GhanaFrench families file complaint against TikTok over teen self-harm, suicides
Sixteen French families have filed a complaint against social media giant TikTok for "exploitation of vulnerability", the second such collective complaint by families who say their children harmed themselves, or even ended their lives, allegedly because of content they consumed on the platform.
Sixteen families of victims accuse TikTok of using an algorithm that pushes vulnerable minors towards content that encourages suicidal, anorexic or self-injury behaviour. This judicial case comes as the ban on social networks for children under the age of 15 is debated in Parliament.
The complaint for "abuse of weakness" was filed on Monday 11 May against the Chinese platform at the Paris Public Prosecutor's Office, France Info reveals.
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