After a Wall Street Journal investigation found TikTok was showing some young users a stream of harmful content on eating disorders and self-harm, the company said it took steps to block and remove those kinds of videos from its platform. But months later, they are still cropping up in users’ feeds.
WSJ family & tech columnist Julie Jargon joins host Zoe Thomas to discuss how harmful content keeps getting onto the platform and where that leaves users who are struggling with mental-health issues.
https://www.wsj.com/podcasts/tech-news-briefing/the-tiktok-spiral-part-1-descent/90b0fef4-d48d-426d-854f-cab1b1f7afd0
https://www.wsj.com/articles/she-tried-to-block-eating-disorder-content-on-tiktok-it-still-pops-up-daily-11663982648?reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink
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