The lawsuit claims social media algorithms are pushing eating disorder content to its young users.
Unhappy with her body, Neltner explained to Scripps News that she used social media to search for healthy recipes and exercise tips, but the algorithm snowballed her searches.
Neltner said it all began years ago when she started off searching things like"avocado cake pops," only to have social media subject her to things like"eat half a banana; the whole banana is too many calories for a meal." "We're trying to hold them accountable because this has to stop. Soliciting children online for profit with toxic algorithms that are causing mental health issues has got to stop. We're losing our kids every day," said Wuest.Imran Ahmed is the founder and CEO of the Center for Countering Digital Hate, which looks at a number of ways social media can cause harm. He said he was inspired by testimony like Neltner's and her mother's.
He said within 2.6 minutes, those TikTok accounts set up for 13-year-olds were fed self-harm content, and within eight minutes, they were being directed to eating disorder content. His company's Deadly by Design study concluded that every 39 seconds, the accounts were fed something considered psychologically harmful."As parents, we're doing the best that we can," said Wuest."I had no idea this was going on.
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