Soziale Medien: EU: TikTok gefährdet mentale Gesundheit - Strafe droht
Brüssel erhöht den Druck auf TikTok: Die EU-Kommission verlangt Änderungen am Algorithmus der App. Die mentale Gesundheit von Nutzern sei gefährdet, argumentiert Brüssel.
Brussels. Preliminary findings from the EU Commission's investigation suggest that the Chinese network TikTok poses a threat to its users through video recommendations on its platform. The company may face a fine for its algorithm, which can continually display personalized videos to even vulnerable users, potentially exacerbating mental health issues, according to the Brussels authority.
The Commission accuses TikTok of failing to sufficiently mitigate this risk. The algorithm values views and likes as interest and plays more similar content based on emotions like sadness, isolation, weight, and body image. Existing countermeasures have proven ineffective. The "Not interested" button also does not change the feed enough.
The so-called For-You-Page ("For You") that is supposed to quickly display content that interests users is the focus of the proceedings. The EU Commission demands changes as it fears so-called Rabbit-Hole effects – losing oneself so deeply in a topic that one can no longer find one's way out, similar to the main character in "Alice in Wonderland" getting lost in a rabbit hole.
Algorithms, essentially written instructions for computers, can theoretically detect and exploit such behavioral patterns to keep users on a platform for longer.
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