Its become the most popular app in the world. Rory theres fishing videos, theres cooking, comedic skits, singing, dancing. Literally, everything you can think of, tiktok have. David polgar its not an app on their phone anymore, its their livelihood. Its how they communicate with their friends. Its how they see the world. Thats a part that i dont think everybody has adjusted to yet. Dr. Niels wouters were really at risk of having generations of young people that have formed identities in response to something that a Technology Platform prescribes to be the new normal. Avani behind the shiny dance videos, the platform is leading people down dangerous paths. Lauren hemmings id like to think that i wouldnt have struggled with an eating disorder if i hadnt downloaded tiktok. Anne longfield my claim with tiktok is that they are harvesting huge amounts of data illegally without the consent of children or their parents. Jamil jaffer if you just look at tiktok in isolation, it seems innocuous.
Here are the five biggest claims to come from the report.
1. TikTok’s Algorithm Can Promote Misinformation And Dangerous Content, Including Eating Disorders
“It takes less than 30 seconds to find harmful content on TikTok, and a few hours for the algorithm to dominate someone’s feed with offensive videos, according to several researchers,” the
Four Corners report claimed.
The report referenced tech advocacy organisation Reset Australia, citing their experiments that discovered it “takes about four hours for the algorithm to learn that a 13-year-old is interested in racist content, and about seven hours for sexist videos to swamp someone’s feed.”