TikTok’s For You page needs to change, says the EU

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The European Commission says TikTok’s recommendation algorithm may expose users repeatedly to harmful content and create a “rabbit hole” effect. Its preliminary findings say the platform’s existing safeguards are inadequate, and the Commission is calling for changes to the For You page design.

The European Commission claims TikTok broke its online platform rules by offering a recommendation algorithm that creates a "rabbit hole effect" on users. In an announcement on Friday, the regulators allege TikTok's algorithm can harm users with "endless and repeated exposure" to content related to sadness, isolation, or body image. The findings come months after the EU Commission declared that TikTok's design is too "addictive." While TikTok has implemented controls to mitigate the algorithm's "rabbit hole effect," the Commission says its preliminary findings suggest that they're not effective. TikTok must now change the design of its For … Read the full story at The Verge.