EU warns TikTok to revamp 'For You' feed over harmful algorithm risks

“Comisión Europea acusa a TikTok de crear "madrigueras" dañinas para usuarios con su algoritmo; plantea cambiar diseño de "Para ti”

La Comisión Europea (CE) concluyó, de forma preliminar, que TikTok incumple la Ley de Servicios Digitales (DSA) porque el algoritmo de su ' feed ' " Para ti " (reglas internas que determinan el orden de lo que aparece en la pantalla) encierra a los usuarios en " madrigueras " ("rabbit holes") de contenido dañino para su salud mental , y le exige rediseñarlo. "Cada vez que un usuario se desplaza o da un " me gusta " a un vídeo, el algoritmo le sirve más de lo mismo y lo lleva por madrigueras de…

“EU charges TikTok over harmful algorithmic 'rabbit hole' effects, tells it to change 'For You' feed”

European Union’s (EU) tech regulators charged social media platform TikTok on Friday with breaching the bloc’s online content rules, telling it to fix the so-called “rabbit hole” effect of its recommender system, which attracts users’ attention to a constant stream of similar videos. TikTok’s Chinese owner ByteDance risks a fine next year of up to six per cent of its global annual turnover unless it can resolve the issue, the regulators said. Social media companies are under pressure to modify…

“EU accuses TikTok of violating its digital rules”

The short-video sharing platform must change the design of its "For You" feed so that users have more control over opting out of seeing certain content, the 27-nation bloc's executive arm said Friday.

“EU warns TikTok to revamp 'For You' feed over harmful algorithm risks”

EU tells TikTok to change 'harmful' For You feed

“EU tells TikTok to fix ‘harmful’ For You feed, threatens fines”

TikTok's algorithm 'leading users down rabbit holes they cannot easily escape from', European Commission says.