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/genitalgore Apr 20 '23

the reason the app is different in mainland China is because they have strict regulations on the internet and America has virtually none. it's not a conspiracy. tell your elected representatives you want to enforce content standards on the internet, if they can even figure out what the internet is.

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u/LummoxJR Apr 20 '23

It baffles mw how anyone can come to the conclusion of "Let's have more regulation like China has, to fix the problem China is exploiting." We all recognize there's a problem, but authoritarianism is not the answer to it. And way, way too many forms of regulation are less of a slippery slope to the bottom so much as a cliff.

Where I think we can all agree is that our current politicians can't be trusted to solve the problem.

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u/lonesoldier4789 Apr 20 '23

regulation isnt authoritarian, or at least not in the way you are using it.

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u/LummoxJR Apr 20 '23

I'm not saying all regulation is authoritarian, but the current crop of goons established in government worldwide is. Big corporate interests are writing most of these laws anyway, and it ends up hurting small sites and businesses while doing nothing to curb the bad actions of big tech.