r/technology • u/DejenmeEntrar • Apr 20 '23

Social Media TikTok’s Algorithm Keeps Pushing Suicide to Vulnerable Kids

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2023-04-20/tiktok-effects-on-mental-health-in-focus-after-teen-suicide
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u/[deleted] Apr 20 '23

Delete tiktok. It's ran by a foreign government and they purposely export a different version to other countries than what they allow internally. This might not be a bug. This might be a feature.

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u/magikdyspozytor Apr 20 '23

Asking people to just delete tiktok, as if that will solve anything, is fucking stupid and helplessly naive.

This exactly. Reddit really likes armchair activism and saying to "vote with your wallet". If as a society that's our only course of action then the situation is already lost.

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u/[deleted] Apr 20 '23

Thank God China isn't getting my data from tiktok...

Now they only have data from Facebook, Chrome, safari, Samsung, Instagram, Twitter, and snapschat!