TikTok's Algorithm Exposes Young Users to Pro-Eating Disorder Content: A Case for Responsible AI Governance
July 1, 2019
The algorithmically curated 'For You' page on TikTok reportedly exposed young users to community-guideline-violating pro-eating disorder content. This AI incident maps to the Govern function in HISPI Project Cerebellum Trusted AI Model (TAIM). Join us in promoting safe and secure AI and responsible AI governance. JOIN US
- Alleged deployer
- tiktok
- Alleged developer
- tiktok
- Alleged harmed parties
- tiktok-young-users, tiktok-users
Source
Data from the AI Incident Database (AIID). Cite this incident: https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/279
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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