TikTok被指青少年安全工具在实验中未生效

TikTok faces allegations that thousands of users, including children and teenagers, received a nonfunctional version of a recommendation-control feature after choosing to activate it. The claims, made public on October 7 in a New York lawsuit, raise questions about whether users were given the control over their feeds they believed they had. According to Reuters’ account of the filing, the experiments involved “Algo Refresh,” a tool intended to help users move away from unwanted recommendations. Some participants allegedly saw no corresponding change in their feeds, while others received the working feature. The allegations remain contested. TikTok has broadly denied New York’s claims and says protecting young users is a priority. …