Seven French families will sue TikTok, one of the world's largest social media platforms, alleging that the platform exposed their children to harmful content, leading to the suicide of two of the children.
Laure Boutron-Marmion, a lawyer representing the families, said parents felt the platform's algorithms exposed their children to content promoting self-harm, eating disorders and suicide.
She told French media that this was the first time in Europe that parents had jointly filed a lawsuit against TikTok. "This is a commercial company that supplies products to underage consumers. Therefore, they must be held responsible for problems with their products."
TikTok, which has 1.2 billion users worldwide and 21 million in France, said it has not yet received any notice of legal action related to these claims. The company added in a statement that its community standards do not allow the promotion or sharing of suicide or self-harm and that it has specific ways to ensure users comply with these standards.
Welcome to join 🥗『Video Express』 七个法国家庭将对全球最大社交媒体之一TikTok提起诉讼，他们指控该平台让他们的孩子接触有害内容，导致其中两个家庭的孩童轻生。
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Laure Boutron-Marmion, a lawyer representing the families, said parents felt the platform's algorithms exposed their children to content promoting self-harm, eating disorders and suicide.
She told French media that this was the first time in Europe that parents had jointly filed a lawsuit against TikTok. "This is a commercial company that supplies products to underage consumers. Therefore, they must be held responsible for problems with their products."
TikTok, which has 1.2 billion users worldwide and 21 million in France, said it has not yet received any notice of legal action related to these claims. The company added in a statement that its community standards do not allow the promotion or sharing of suicide or self-harm and that it has specific ways to ensure users comply with these standards.
Welcome to join 🥗『Video Express』
七个法国家庭将对全球最大社交媒体之一TikTok提起诉讼，他们指控该平台让他们的孩子接触有害内容，导致其中两个家庭的孩童轻生。
代表这些家庭的律师劳雷·布特龙-马米恩（Laure Boutron-Marmion）表示，家长认为平台的演算法让他们的子女接触到宣扬自残、进食障碍和自杀的内容。
她告诉法国媒体，这是欧洲首次有家长联合对TikTok提起诉讼。“这是一家商业公司，向未成年消费者提供产品。因此，他们必须对产品的问题负责。”
全球拥有12亿、法国有2100万用户的TikTok表示，目前尚未收到任何与这些索赔相关的法律诉讼通知。该公司在声明中补充道，其社群准则不允许宣传或分享自杀或自残行为，并透过特定方式确保用户遵守这些守则。
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