Coordinated Attack Exposes Suicide Content on TikTok: A Call for Responsible AI Governance
September 20, 2020
A coordinated attack bypassed TikTok's automated content moderation, leading to the exposure of disturbing suicide clips to its users. This underscores the need for robust AI governance and trustworthy AI systems. Are you ready to help shape responsible AI? JOIN US This AI incident maps to the Govern function in HISPI Project Cerebellum Trusted AI Model (TAIM).
- Alleged deployer
- tiktok
- Alleged developer
- tiktok
- Alleged harmed parties
- tiktok-users
Source
Data from the AI Incident Database (AIID). Cite this incident: https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/366
Data source
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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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