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TikTok must face U.S. lawsuit over the platform's viral “blackout challenge” that several parents blame for their children’s deaths, an appeals court ruled (www.theverge.com)

submitted 2 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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TikTok has to face a lawsuit from the mother of 10-year-old Nylah Anderson, who “unintentionally hanged herself” after watching videos of the so-called blackout challenge on her algorithmically curated For You Page (FYP). The “challenge,” according to the suit, encouraged viewers to “choke themselves until passing out.”

TikTok’s algorithmic recommendations on the FYP constitute the platform’s own speech, according to the Third Circuit court of appeals. That means it’s something TikTok can be held accountable for in court. Tech platforms are typically protected by a legal shield known as Section 230, which prevents them from being sued over their users’ posts, and a lower court had initially dismissed the suit on those grounds.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Come on dude, you know exactly what he meant. Social media is a broad category, but when someone mentions it in this context, it's very clear what they mean.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I disagree. I don't think it's clear at all what he considers dangerous about social media if he's excluding things like Lemmy, Reddit, and other message boards.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Later in the same comment I mention how I think social media only benefits the corporations that run it.

It’s pretty clear what I meant.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

So a family group-chat, that's a no-no, right?