I’m an investigative reporter at Bloomberg News and have spent the past year digging into how TikTok’s algorithm works.
In the course of my reporting, I learned about how dangerous challenges spread on the app and how they can prove deadly for children, especially the blackout challenge. We identified over a dozen kids who have died from this challenge in the past 18 months. TikTok says it’s taking steps to remove the content and keep underage kids off the platform, but there are things the largest social media app in the world could do but isn’t.
You can read my story here and listen to me talk about it on The Big Take podcast here. You can see my other investigations into Airbnb and others here.
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