Source: Bloomberg Business Week.
In the third part of our series on TikTok and its trust and safety issues, we look at how an algorithm has led some teenagers down rabbit holes related to body image, self-harm, depression and suicide.
This includes the story of parents in New York whose son stepped in front of a train. After his suicide, his mother was stunned to discover that he’d been taking in a stream of very dark content on the social media site.
The family has now filed one of the dozens of lawsuits against TikTok or other social media companies, alleging that their product designs are harming kids.
Michelle and Dean Nasca at home in Long Island, New York, with a photo of son Chase, who killed himself at the age of 16. Photographer: Kylie Corwin for Bloomberg Businessweek