{"id":34182,"date":"2022-12-15T12:04:42","date_gmt":"2022-12-15T12:04:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2022\/12\/15\/tiktok-promotes-posts-about-eating-disorders-and-suicide-report-shows-national\/"},"modified":"2022-12-15T12:04:42","modified_gmt":"2022-12-15T12:04:42","slug":"tiktok-promotes-posts-about-consuming-problems-and-suicide-report-reveals-national","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2022\/12\/15\/tiktok-promotes-posts-about-consuming-problems-and-suicide-report-reveals-national\/","title":{"rendered":"TikTok promotes posts about consuming problems and suicide, report reveals &#8211; National"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>TikTok\u2019s algorithms are selling movies about self-harm and <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/tag\/eating-disorders\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">consuming problems<\/a> to weak teenagers, based on a report revealed Wednesday that highlights considerations about social media and its affect on youth psychological well being.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d21y75miwcfqoq.cloudfront.net\/70c8fc80\" style=\"position:absolute;width:1px;height:1px\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Researchers on the nonprofit Center for Countering Digital Hate created <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/tag\/tiktok\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TikTok<\/a> accounts for fictional teen personas within the U.S., United Kingdom, Canada and Australia. The researchers working the accounts then \u201cliked\u201d movies about self-harm and consuming problems to see how TikTok\u2019s algorithm would reply.<\/p>\n<p>Within minutes, the wildly fashionable platform was recommending movies about shedding pounds and self-harm, together with ones that includes footage of fashions and idealized physique varieties, photos of razor blades and discussions of suicide.<\/p>\n<div class=\"l-article__part\" data-shortcode=\"readmore\">\n<p class=\"c-readmore\" id=\"recirc_test_read_more\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"c-readmore__label\"><strong>Read extra: <\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"c-readmore__link\" href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/9345158\/tiktok-ban-us-china-spying-concerns\/\" data-track-region=\"content-read-more\" title=\"TikTok ban: U.S. lawmakers look to block app over China spying concerns\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\tTikTok ban: U.S. lawmakers look to dam app over China spying considerations\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/p>\n<section id=\"recirc_test_inline_stories\" class=\"l-inlineStories l-inlineStories--tile is-hidden l-inlineStories--abTest\" aria-label=\"\">\n<p>\n\t\t<span class=\"l-inlineStories__title c-heading c-heading--strikethrough\">Read More<\/span>\n\t<\/p>\n<ul class=\"l-inlineStories__posts c-posts c-posts--inline \">\n<li class=\"c-posts__item\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/9345158\/tiktok-ban-us-china-spying-concerns\/\" class=\"c-posts__inner\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"c-posts__media \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img class=\"c-posts__thumbnail\" data-src=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/tik-tok-ban.jpg?quality=85&amp;strip=all&amp;w=336&amp;h=224&amp;crop=1\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"336\" height=\"224\" alt=\"\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-posts__details\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-posts__headlineText\" data-title=\"\">TikTok ban: U.S. lawmakers look to dam app over China spying considerations<\/span>\n\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/section><\/div>\n<p>When the researchers created accounts with consumer names that urged a specific vulnerability to consuming problems \u2014 names that included the phrases \u201close weight\u201d for instance\u2014the accounts have been fed much more dangerous content material.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-ad c-ad--bigbox l-article__ad\">\n<p>Story continues under commercial<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s like being stuck in a hall of distorted mirrors where you\u2019re constantly being told you\u2019re ugly, you\u2019re not good enough, maybe you should kill yourself,\u201d stated the middle\u2019s CEO Imran Ahmed, whose group has places of work within the U.S. and U.Okay. \u201cIt is literally pumping the most dangerous possible messages to young people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Social media algorithms work by figuring out subjects and content material of curiosity to a consumer, who&#8217;s then despatched extra of the identical as a option to maximize their time on the positioning. But social media critics say the identical algorithms that promote content material a couple of explicit sports activities crew, pastime or dance craze can ship customers down a rabbit gap of dangerous content material.<\/p>\n<div class=\"l-article__part\" data-shortcode=\"tp_video\">\n<div class=\"c-video c-videoPlay \" data-iframe-receiver=\"\" data-autoplay=\"\" data-displayinline-featured=\"false\" data-displayinline-type=\"video\" data-displayinline-player-id=\"miniplayer_9146512_639b08623a958\" data-displayinline-video-id=\"9146512\" data-displayinline-ratio=\"16:9\" data-displayinline=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/video\/embed\/9146512\/#autoplay&amp;stickyiframe=miniplayer_9146512_639b08623a958\" data-displayinline-sticky=\"true\">\n<div class=\"c-video__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-video__placeholder\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img class=\"c-video__image\" alt=\"Click to play video: 'Going viral: Health misinformation spreading on social media such as TikTok'\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/media.globalnews.ca\/videostatic\/news\/2aixcok87c-ay1ff1y7n7\/NN-Tim_Caulfield.jpg?w=1040&amp;quality=70&amp;strip=all\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"\" sizes=\"auto, \" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/media.globalnews.ca\/videostatic\/news\/2aixcok87c-ay1ff1y7n7\/NN-Tim_Caulfield.jpg?w=450#038;quality=70&amp;strip=all 450w,https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/media.globalnews.ca\/videostatic\/news\/2aixcok87c-ay1ff1y7n7\/NN-Tim_Caulfield.jpg?w=720#038;quality=70&amp;strip=all 720w,https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/media.globalnews.ca\/videostatic\/news\/2aixcok87c-ay1ff1y7n7\/NN-Tim_Caulfield.jpg?w=1040#038;quality=70&amp;strip=all 1040w,\" data-sizes=\"(min-width: 1040px) 1040px,(min-width: 720px) 720px,450px\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-video__overlay\"><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<time class=\"c-video__duration\">5:39<\/time><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-video__title\">Going viral: Health misinformation spreading on social media corresponding to TikTok<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>It\u2019s a specific downside for teenagers and youngsters, who are likely to spend extra time on-line and are extra weak to bullying, peer stress or adverse content material about consuming problems or suicide, based on Josh Golin, govt director of Fairplay, a nonprofit that supporters higher on-line protections for kids.<\/p>\n<section id=\"content-dynamic-trending-stories\" class=\"l-inlineStories l-inlineStories--tile u-hide-tablet-landscape\" aria-label=\"Dynamic trending stories section\">\n<p>\n\t\t<span class=\"l-inlineStories__title c-heading c-heading--strikethrough\">Trending Now<\/span>\n\t<\/p>\n<ul class=\"l-inlineStories__posts c-posts c-posts--inline \" data-sophi-feature=\"article-all\" data-gnca-ab-test=\"article-all\" 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href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/9348998\/prince-harry-meghan-markle-documentary-popularity-drop\/\" class=\"c-posts__inner\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"c-posts__media \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img class=\"c-posts__thumbnail\" data-src=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/2021092413098-614e0679f207cc87b8de1a46jpeg.jpg?quality=85&amp;strip=all&amp;w=336&amp;h=224&amp;crop=1\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"336\" height=\"224\" alt=\"\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-posts__details\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-posts__headlineText\" data-title=\"\">Prince Harry and Meghan Markle\u2019s recognition plummets whereas documentary soars<\/span>\n\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<li class=\"c-posts__item\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/9347709\/twitch-dead-stephen-boss-ellen-degeneres-dj\/\" class=\"c-posts__inner\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"c-posts__media 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what the social media platform is.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In a press release from an organization spokesperson, TikTok disputed the findings, noting that the researchers didn\u2019t use the platform like typical customers, and saying that the outcomes have been skewed because of this. The firm additionally stated a consumer\u2019s account identify shouldn\u2019t have an effect on the form of content material the consumer receives.<\/p>\n<div class=\"l-article__part\" data-shortcode=\"tp_video\">\n<div class=\"c-video c-videoPlay \" data-iframe-receiver=\"\" data-autoplay=\"\" data-displayinline-featured=\"false\" data-displayinline-type=\"video\" data-displayinline-player-id=\"miniplayer_9164710_639b08623c0b9\" data-displayinline-video-id=\"9164710\" data-displayinline-ratio=\"16:9\" data-displayinline=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/video\/embed\/9164710\/#autoplay&amp;stickyiframe=miniplayer_9164710_639b08623c0b9\" data-displayinline-sticky=\"true\">\n<div class=\"c-video__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-video__placeholder\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img class=\"c-video__image\" alt=\"Click to play video: 'TikTok or Not? Putting viral beauty trends to the test'\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/media.globalnews.ca\/videostatic\/news\/u5kl4iabvm-y5s4nntaf9\/TMS_MEERA_STILL.jpg?w=1040&amp;quality=70&amp;strip=all\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"\" sizes=\"auto, \" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/media.globalnews.ca\/videostatic\/news\/u5kl4iabvm-y5s4nntaf9\/TMS_MEERA_STILL.jpg?w=450#038;quality=70&amp;strip=all 450w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/media.globalnews.ca\/videostatic\/news\/u5kl4iabvm-y5s4nntaf9\/TMS_MEERA_STILL.jpg?w=720#038;quality=70&amp;strip=all 720w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/media.globalnews.ca\/videostatic\/news\/u5kl4iabvm-y5s4nntaf9\/TMS_MEERA_STILL.jpg?w=1040#038;quality=70&amp;strip=all 1040w,\" data-sizes=\"(min-width: 1040px) 1040px,(min-width: 720px) 720px,450px\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-video__overlay\"><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<time class=\"c-video__duration\">5:35<\/time><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-video__title\">TikTok or Not? Putting viral magnificence traits to the take a look at<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>TikTok prohibits customers who&#8217;re youthful than 13, and its official guidelines prohibit movies that encourage consuming problems or suicide. Users within the U.S. who seek for content material about consuming problems on TikTok obtain a immediate providing psychological well being sources and call data for the National Eating Disorder Association.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-ad c-ad--bigbox l-article__ad\">\n<p>Story continues under commercial<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cWe regularly consult with health experts, remove violations of our policies, and provide access to supportive resources for anyone in need,\u201d stated the assertion from TikTok, which is owned by ByteDance Ltd., a Chinese firm now based mostly in Singapore.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the platform\u2019s efforts, researchers on the Center for Countering Digital Hate discovered that content material about consuming problems had been seen on TikTok billions of occasions. In some circumstances, researchers discovered, younger TikTok customers have been utilizing coded language about consuming problems in an effort to evade TikTok\u2019s content material moderation.<\/p>\n<p>The sheer quantity of dangerous content material being fed to teenagers on TikTok reveals that self-regulation has failed, Ahmed stated, including that federal guidelines are wanted to drive platforms to do extra to guard kids.<\/p>\n<div class=\"l-article__part\" data-shortcode=\"readmore\">\n<p class=\"c-readmore\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"c-readmore__label\"><strong>Read extra: <\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"c-readmore__link\" href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/9315134\/frankie-hoy-100-new-york-city-tiktok\/\" data-track-region=\"content-read-more\" title=\"How long can you live on $100 in New York City? One TikToker has made it nearly a month\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\tHow lengthy can you reside on $100 in New York City? One TikToker has made it practically a month\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Ahmed famous that the model of TikTok provided to home Chinese audiences is designed to advertise content material about math and science to younger customers, and limits how lengthy 13- and 14-year-olds might be on the positioning every day.<\/p>\n<p>A proposal earlier than Congress would impose new guidelines limiting the information that social media platforms can acquire concerning younger customers and create a brand new workplace throughout the Federal Trade Commission targeted on defending younger social media customers \u2018 privacy.<\/p>\n<p>One of the bill\u2019s sponsors, Sen. Edward Markey, D-Mass., stated Wednesday that he\u2019s optimistic lawmakers from each events can agree on the necessity for harder rules on how platforms are accessing and utilizing the knowledge of younger customers.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-ad c-ad--bigbox l-article__ad\">\n<p>Story continues under commercial<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cData is the raw material that big tech uses to track, to manipulate, and to traumatize young people in our country every single day,\u201d Markey stated.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\n\t\t&amp;copy 2022 The Canadian Press\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script defer src=\"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&#038;appId=318812448281278&#038;version=v3.3\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>[ad_2]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] TikTok\u2019s algorithms are selling movies about self-harm and consuming problems to weak teenagers, based on a report revealed Wednesday that highlights considerations about social media and its affect on youth psychological well being. Researchers on the nonprofit Center for Countering Digital Hate created TikTok accounts for fictional teen personas within the U.S., United Kingdom, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":34184,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-34182","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34182","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34182"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34182\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34184"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34182"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34182"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34182"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}