Tiktok loses the process on the mental health of the events in the New York Court – Internet
The Office of the Prosecutor in New York won its victory over Tijk, on Wednesday After the state judge refused to request the Chinese platform to file a lawsuit accusing it of harming the mental health of the youth.
According to the General lawyer in New York, Leitia James, Tiktok Challenges are at risk all over the country, and many others suffer from high levels of anxiety and depression “due to the addictive characteristics” of the social network -based social network “.
In October, 14 The state prosecutor is treated with Tiktok individually for being a mental health of children They accused him of using the addiction content system to take advantage of younger users.
Prosecutors, Democrats and Republicans argued that Tiktok violate consumer protection laws and deceive the audience by saying that their platform is safe for minors. Officials have pointed out examples of young users who face mental health problems and body image problems due to the addictive properties of the platform. As a result, they claimed that the minors are injured or deposited or died due to the dangerous “challenges” created and promoted on the platform.
On May 12, Amnesty International warned that Tiktok continues without a serious risk resolution of the damage to mental and physical health of young users, after about 18 months of reporting the investigation by the organization.
This investigation of 2023 concluded that in the salvation of Tiktok “for you”, children and young users were at risk to be attracted to a toxic “black hole” of depression and content associated with suicideThe problem that the company has not yet recognized or provided specific solutions. Amnesty International (AI) condemns in a statement.
To Europe, a The European Commission accused in the middle of the social network to violate the European Union’s digital services law for lack of transparency in the announcementA threat of a fine of up to 6 % annual rotation.
In these initial conclusions, Brussels argues that ” Tiktok does not provide the necessary information about the advertising content, the users targeted with ads who paid ads. In addition, users are not allowed to conduct a “comprehensive advertising research”.
