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By Thahasello Mphatsoe

Multimedia Journalist


WATCH: TikTok’s algorithm sends kids suicide content

TikTok continues to send a 16-year-old boy who, according to his parents and their attorneys, killed himself because of the disturbing content that kept landing in his "For You" feed.


TikTok’s secret algorithm has been blamed for sending young users content that pushes some into a spiral of self-harm, disordered eating and suicide.

In this episode of Bloomberg Investigates, a 13-year-old girl recovering from anorexia nervosa and a former TikTok employee who reveals the warnings he gave colleagues about the app’s algorithm.

Another TikToker, a 16-year-old boy who, according to his parents and their attorneys, killed himself because of the disturbing content that kept landing in his “For You” feed.

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