西弗吉尼亚州总检察长麦卡斯基10月29日宣布起诉TikTok：指控推荐算法诱使儿童持续使用且未向家长披露安全漏洞
西弗吉尼亚州消息：西弗吉尼亚州总检察长J·B·麦卡斯基10月29日宣布，该州已提起新的消费者保护诉讼，指控短视频平台TikTok通过推荐系统设计诱使儿童持续使用。诉状已提交卡诺瓦县巡回法院。
诉状称，TikTok有意设计应用，让低龄青少年尽可能长时间保持使用状态，同时未能向家长披露安全方面的漏洞，也让儿童暴露于掠食者风险之中。总检察长办公室的消费者保护部门曾分别以成人账户与一个登记为13岁女孩的账户进行测试，结果差异明显：成人账户收到的大多是烹饪、本地商家与家庭活动类内容，未成年账户却反复收到带性暗示的内容。麦卡斯基表示，西弗吉尼亚的父母不应当与一个以让孩子不停刷屏为目的而构建的算法竞争。
这起诉讼是各州近年来针对社交平台青少年保护问题的又一行动，焦点集中在推荐算法是否构成对未成年人的诱导设计，以及平台是否尽到了向家长告知风险的义务。TikTok方面尚未就这起新诉讼作出公开回应，相关指控仍有待法庭审理认定。
West Virginia Attorney General McCuskey Sues TikTok on October 29, Alleging Its Algorithm Hooks Children and Safety Gaps Were Hidden From Parents
West Virginia: Attorney General JB McCuskey announced on October 29 that the state has filed a new consumer protection lawsuit accusing TikTok of designing its recommendation systems to encourage compulsive use among children. The complaint was filed in Kanawha County Circuit Court.
The suit alleges TikTok knowingly designed its app to keep young teens engaged as long as possible, failed to disclose safety gaps to parents and caregivers, and exposed children to predators. The Attorney General’s Consumer Protection Division tested the platform with one account registered to an adult and another to a 13-year-old girl; the child account repeatedly received sexually suggestive content while the adult account largely received cooking, local business and family content. "West Virginia parents should not have to compete with an algorithm built to keep their kids scrolling," McCuskey said.
The case is the latest in a series of state actions over youth safety on social platforms, focusing on whether recommendation algorithms amount to inducement design aimed at minors and whether platforms met their duty to warn parents of risks. TikTok has not publicly responded to the new lawsuit, and the allegations remain for a court to decide.
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