Senators Demand Answers From TikTok over Experiment that Disabled Safeguards

Senators press TikTok on 'sinister' experiment that held back an algorithm safety feature

A teen who died by suicide was reportedly part of the test.

Senators demand answers from TikTok About ‘depraved’ experiment

The company withheld an algorithmic safeguard from roughly 15 million users, including minors, according to a confidential internal document.

Senators press TikTok over "depraved" safety test report, demand answers

Senators give TikTok deadline over 'depraved' safety test

Two senators have given TikTok until September 1 to explain an internal experiment that kept a safety feature away from 15 million US users, including a teenager who later died by suicide.Senators...

Senators demand answers from TikTok over experiment that disabled safeguards

The safeguard was designed to prevent users from being overwhelmed by harmful content, but TikTok wanted to determine whether it made the app less engaging.

TikTok's safety experiment: 13 questions, one deadline

Two US senators have written to TikTok about an experiment that switched off a safety feature for roughly 15 million American users. Their letter runs to four pages and sets out 13 questions. It gives the company until 1 September to reply. The senators call the decision to run the test “depraved”. Republican Marsha Blackburn […] This story continues at The Next Web