Alleged Inadequacy in TikTok's Content Moderation: Videos Promoting Eating Disorders

December 27, 2020

Content moderation concerns have been raised due to videos promoting eating disorders bypassing TikTok's automated system through common misspellings and evading banned hashtags like 'proana' and 'anorexia'. This AI incident maps to the Govern function in HISPI Project Cerebellum Trusted AI Model (TAIM). Ready to help ensure safe and secure AI? JOIN US
Alleged deployer
tiktok
Alleged developer
tiktok
Alleged harmed parties
tiktok-users, tiktok-users-under-18-years-old

Source

Data from the AI Incident Database (AIID). Cite this incident: https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/132

Data source

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