Misuse of TikTok's Automated Content Reporting System: A Threat to Marginalized Creators and Responsible AI

December 15, 2020

Online trolls exploited TikTok's automated content reporting system, intentionally misreporting content from marginalized creators. This incident underscores the importance of trustworthy AI in preventing harm and upholding governance principles in Project Cerebellum's AI Incident Database. Ready to help shape responsible AI? JOIN US
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Source

Data from the AI Incident Database (AIID). Cite this incident: https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/133

Data source

Incident data is from the AI Incident Database (AIID).

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McGregor, S. (2021) Preventing Repeated Real World AI Failures by Cataloging Incidents: The AI Incident Database. In Proceedings of the Thirty-Third Annual Conference on Innovative Applications of Artificial Intelligence (IAAI-21). Virtual Conference.

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