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TikTok’s For You page needs to change, says the EU
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The European Commission alleges TikTok’s recommendation algorithm violates digital platform regulations by promoting harmful addictive behaviors. Regulators claim the platform's content delivery system facilitates a rabbit hole effect involving isolation and negative body image content.
- 01European regulators allege TikTok violated established online platform safety rules
- 02The investigation focuses on recommendation algorithms creating harmful rabbit hole effects
- 03Regulators cite risks from repeated exposure to content regarding sadness and isolation
- 04Findings follow months of regulatory scrutiny into the platform's content delivery systems
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The European Commission claims TikTok broke its online platform rules by offering a recommendation algorithm that creates a "rabbit hole effect" on users. In an announcement on Friday, the regulators allege TikTok's algorithm can harm users with "endless and repeated exposure" to content related to sadness, isolation, or body image. The findings come months after […]