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TIKTOK WITHHELD SAFETY ALGORITHM FROM 10% OF US USERS

An internal TikTok document reveals the platform deliberately prevented a safeguarded algorithm from reaching approximately 10% of US users as part of an engagement experiment. The withholding affected a 16-year-old who was subsequently exposed to self-harm content and died by suicide.

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