US EditionParis Prosecutor’s Office Investigates TikTok over Youth Suicide Content
Investigation focuses on TikTok’s algorithm and moderation after seven families sued, with two losing children, alleging exposure to harmful suicide content.
- The Paris prosecutor's office opened an investigation into TikTok over allegations that the platform allows content promoting suicide and its algorithms may encourage vulnerable youth to take their own lives.
- The probe follows a lawsuit by several French families accusing TikTok of failing to moderate harmful content and exposing children to life-threatening material.
- TikTok refuted the claims, stating it invests heavily in safe and age-appropriate teen experiences, with 9 in 10 violative videos removed before being viewed.
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A committee of the French parliament has asked to open a criminal case on the possible responsibility of the social network for creating a threat to the lives of its young users.
The Paris Public Prosecutor's Office has initiated preliminary investigations against TikTok's algorithm because of the alleged temptation of young people to commit suicide. Among other charges, the platform is accused of "propaganda for products, objects or methods recommended as a means of suicide," declared Parisian prosecutor Laure Beccuau on Tuesday. Arthur Delaporte, chairman of a parliamentary inquiry commission on the subject, had previo…
French judicial authorities announced on Tuesday that they have launched a criminal investigation into the activities of the Chinese social media platform Tiktok, suspecting that its algorithms may lead young people to suicide.
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Paris prosecutor's office investigates TikTok over content promoting suicide
The investigation will examine content that encourages vulnerable young people to take their own lives and could lead to charges and convictions, with those found guilty facing several years in prison and fines.
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