teenagers
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Social Media Recommendation Algorithms Allegedly Repeatedly Exposed 13-Year-Old Blake Gallier to Suicide-Related Videos Before Her Death
2025-10-30
Before her death on October 30, 2025, 13-year-old Blake Gallier reportedly viewed and reposted social-media videos normalizing suicide. After examining her phone, her family alleged that recommendation algorithms had repeatedly surfaced similar material. The platform or platforms involved have not been publicly identified, and an inquest into her death remains pending.
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Purportedly AI-Generated Images Reportedly Used During Four-Year Catfishing Campaign Targeting Welsh Teenager
2026-07-13
A Welsh teenager reportedly endured a nearly four-year online impersonation campaign in which another teenager created fake social media accounts using her photographs and, later, AI-generated images depicting her. The campaign reportedly attracted more than 100,000 followers, led strangers to believe they knew the victim, and resulted in a High Court settlement and damages award.
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Instagram's Exposure of Harmful Content Contributed to Teenage Girl’s Suicide
2017-11-21
Instagram was ruled by a judge to have contributed to the death of a teenage girl in the UK allegedly through its exposure and recommendation of suicide, self-harm, and depressive content.
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Instagram Algorithms Allegedly Promote Accounts Facilitating Child Sex Abuse Content
2023-06-07
An investigation disclosed that Instagram's recommendation algorithms are promoting accounts that facilitate and sell child sexual abuse material (CSAM). The study, conducted by The Wall Street Journal and researchers at Stanford University and the University of Massachusetts Amherst, indicates that Instagram's algorithms not only allow for the discovery of such accounts through keyword searches but also actively recommend them to users within the network. The issue is especially concerning given Instagram's popularity among teenagers.
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