{"id":9529,"date":"2023-04-04T20:37:19","date_gmt":"2023-04-04T18:37:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/04\/04\/how-tiktoks-algorithm-exploits-the-vulnerability-of-children\/"},"modified":"2023-04-04T20:37:19","modified_gmt":"2023-04-04T18:37:19","slug":"how-tiktoks-algorithm-exploits-the-vulnerability-of-children","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/04\/04\/how-tiktoks-algorithm-exploits-the-vulnerability-of-children\/","title":{"rendered":"How TikTok\u2019s algorithm \u2018exploits the vulnerability\u2019 of children"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Up to 1.4m children under 13 use app, watchdog finds \u2013 and experts say they are being flooded with harmful content to promote addiction<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2023\/apr\/04\/tiktok-fined-uk-data-protection-law-breaches\">TikTok fined \u00a312.7m for illegally processing children\u2019s data<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>It is the home of dance tutorial videos and viral comedy sketches. But it is also host to self-harm and eating disorder content, with an algorithm that has been called the \u201ccrack cocaine of social media\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Now, the information commissioner has concluded that up to 1.4 million children under the age of 13 have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2023\/apr\/04\/tiktok-fined-uk-data-protection-law-breaches\">been allowed access to TikTok<\/a>, with the watchdog accusing the Chinese firm of not doing enough to check underage children were not using the app.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2023\/apr\/04\/how-tiktoks-algorithm-exploits-the-vulnerability-of-children\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/ee023504b2a46170a7e8dcc60cfbdab8f492f53f\/0_356_7035_4221\/master\/7035.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=2b83d16e8e41a989a5f56ecb8e1a1b28\" title=\"How TikTok\u2019s algorithm \u2018exploits the vulnerability\u2019 of children\" \/>Up to 1.4m children under 13 use app, watchdog finds \u2013 and experts say they are being flooded with harmful content to promote addiction<br \/>\nTikTok fined \u00a312.7m for illegally processing children\u2019s data<br \/>\nIt is the home of dance tutorial videos and viral comedy sketches. But it is also host to self-harm and eating disorder content, with an algorithm that has been called the \u201ccrack cocaine of social media\u201d.<br \/>\nNow, the information commissioner has concluded that up to 1.4 million children under the age of 13 have been allowed access to TikTok, with the watchdog accusing the Chinese firm of not doing enough to check underage children were not using the app. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Up to 1.4m children under 13 use app, watchdog finds \u2013 and experts say they are being flooded with harmful content to promote addiction TikTok fined \u00a312.7m for illegally processing children\u2019s data It is the home of dance tutorial videos and viral comedy sketches. But it is also host to self-harm and eating disorder content, &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/04\/04\/how-tiktoks-algorithm-exploits-the-vulnerability-of-children\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">How TikTok\u2019s algorithm \u2018exploits the vulnerability\u2019 of children<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":9530,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9529"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9529"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9529\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9530"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9529"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9529"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9529"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}