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TikTok Faces Legal Complaint in France Over Alleged Harm to Minors
(MENAFN) Sixteen families submit a collective complaint on Monday to the Paris prosecutor’s office against TikTok, accusing the platform of “abuse of weakness,” according to reports from broadcaster.
The families, represented by lawyer Laure Boutron-Marmion, claim that TikTok takes advantage of the psychological vulnerability of minors. In some cases, they argue, the platform is linked to suicides and serious mental health problems among young users.
“We have a machine designed, developed to exploit this vulnerability. TikTok creates mental prisons for adolescents, prisons of distress,” Boutron-Marmion told the broadcaster.
She also compares the platform’s impact to “digital crack.”
The complaint is directed at TikTok’s leadership in France and abroad, with the argument that the company is fully aware of how its algorithm works and the effects it produces.
“It is a system of highly personalized recommendations and continuous scrolling that generates strong addiction and exploits adolescent vulnerability,” she said.
"They know very well” the effects of the platform but “do nothing,” she added.
According to reports, the lawyer says the families aim to take TikTok to a French criminal court on charges of abuse of weakness, in addition to separate civil cases already underway.
“They do not want to stop at a simple complaint,” she said.
The families, represented by lawyer Laure Boutron-Marmion, claim that TikTok takes advantage of the psychological vulnerability of minors. In some cases, they argue, the platform is linked to suicides and serious mental health problems among young users.
“We have a machine designed, developed to exploit this vulnerability. TikTok creates mental prisons for adolescents, prisons of distress,” Boutron-Marmion told the broadcaster.
She also compares the platform’s impact to “digital crack.”
The complaint is directed at TikTok’s leadership in France and abroad, with the argument that the company is fully aware of how its algorithm works and the effects it produces.
“It is a system of highly personalized recommendations and continuous scrolling that generates strong addiction and exploits adolescent vulnerability,” she said.
"They know very well” the effects of the platform but “do nothing,” she added.
According to reports, the lawyer says the families aim to take TikTok to a French criminal court on charges of abuse of weakness, in addition to separate civil cases already underway.
“They do not want to stop at a simple complaint,” she said.
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