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Unsealed docs: in its lawsuit, New York alleges TikTok gave thousands
Unsealed docs: in its lawsuit, New York alleges TikTok gave thousands of users, including youth, non-functional safety features as part of placebo experiments
TL;DRNew York alleges TikTok gave fake safety features to thousands of users, including minors, in experiments.
Why it matters: Suggests TikTok prioritized testing over user protection, potentially exposing vulnerable users to harm without consent.
TikTok ran an experiment on thousands of users who tried to turn on a safety feature on the platform, giving them non-functional versions …
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