TikTok young users

Incidents Harmed By

Incident 2793 Reports
TikTok’s “For You” Algorithm Exposed Young Users to Pro-Eating Disorder Content

2019-07-01

TikTok’s young users were allegedly exposed to community-guideline-violating pro-eating disorder content on their algorithmically curated “For You” page that serves videos from any user on its platform.

Incident 2863 Reports
TikTok’s "For You" Allegedly Pushed Fatal “Blackout” Challenge Videos to Two Young Girls

2021-02-26

TikTok’s recommendation algorithm was alleged in a lawsuit to have intentionally and repeatedly pushed videos of the “blackout” challenge onto children’s feeds, incentivizing their participation which ultimately resulted in the death of two young girls.