Internal documents reveal that TikTok’s leadership told product teams to reduce “stay time” of “minors and excessive users” by no more than 5%. LISA DITTMER, Amnesty Tech
TikTok says it embeds safety-by-design principles to "ensure a safe space for self-exploration". Yet @amnesty research shows how TikTok's engagement-chasing design can draw children into rabbit holes of depressive and suicidal content. – Lisa Dittmer
89% of Polish parents worry about their kids online — and Europe shares the fear. CSO research shows serious risks. VLOPs insist everything’s under control. Whose story is true?
That is what we hoped to determine during today’s EP hearing.
🎥 “Protecting children online: Europe at a crossroads” […]
Malgré les mesures d’atténuation des risques annoncées par #TikTok depuis 2024, la plateforme continue d’exposer les utilisateurs·rices vulnérables à des contenus qui normalisent l’automutilation, le désespoir et les idées suicidaires. 🧵👇
❌ Santé mentale des jeunes : Amnesty International poursuit sa fronde contre TikTok et annonce saisir l’Arcom
🔎 La branche française de l’ONG publie une enquête démontrant les effets néfastes du réseau social, qui héberge et met en avant d’innombrables vidéos problématiques.
Lire 👇
These are difficult stories to read, but much, much harder still to live through. Maëlle and many others spoke up so that other young people won’t have to live through it.
Read the full report here in English
#FixTikTok
www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...
Two years after “Driven into the Darkness”, here’s our second deep dive into TikTok’s disturbing rabbit holes taking teens from #sadtok into self-harm and suicide content. Together with @katiaroux.bsky.social, I spoke to young people & bereaved parents about the real-world impact of “systemic risks”
The CSDDD has the potential to vastly improve the human rights of a great many. Full repeal would be a significant mistake.
J’ai déposé une plainte contre Facebook auprès de l’Arcom hier, pour manquement à ses obligations liées au Digital Services Act (DSA). La raison : une modération aux abonnés absents, impliquant un potentiel risque systémique.
TikTok says it’s safe for children and young people — but its actions don’t match its words. Easy-to-bypass time limits, invasive data collection, not enough protection from harmful content. Sign our #FixTikTok petition & demand change!
www.amnesty.org/en/petition/...
🚨 TikTok is still failing to address serious risks of harm to children and young people’s mental health almost 18 months after @Amnesty highlighted these risks in an extensive research project. Our analysis marking #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek
www.amnesty.org/en/documents...
In June, the 30th Budapest Pride will take place, in defiance of this new legislation. Amnesty will be marching alongside all those who oppose discrimination and has launched a campaign to tackle this new wave of anti-LGBTI legislation in Hungary.
#LetPrideMarch
A day long awaited by the families of those murdered in his War on Drugs. And his War on Human Rights Defenders, which received less International attention.
But this is only the first step towards accountabilty. Extradiction next...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
Cette semaine, l’Assemblée nationale examine une proposition de résolution visant à créer une commission d'enquête sur "les effets psychologiques de TikTok sur les mineurs".
@amnesty.org alerte depuis plusieurs années sur ces effets. 🧵👇
www.assemblee-nationale.fr/dyn/17/texte...
Almost all parties lost votes to the far-right extremist AfD, but they won the most votes (~ 2m) from non-voters.
AfD voters meanwhile didn’t really move at all. So much for pandering to the far-right. You play on their terms, you lose.
https://buff.ly/4hQ5RUq
Spyware maker Paragon confirms US government is a customer | TechCrunch techcrunch.com/2025/02/04/spyware-maker... #paragon #USA
Word of the Day is ‘bayard’ (16th century): one who has the supreme self-confidence of ignorance.
Republican congresswoman Nancy Mace suggests, ‘Let’s turn Gaza into Mar-A-Lago,’ after Trump’s vow to ‘take over’ Gaza. Could there be a more cynical, ignorant take on the suffering of Palestinians?
www.newsweek.com/republican-s...
Große Überraschung:
Ein „Die-Migration-ist-die-Mutter-aller-Probleme“-Wahlkampf der Union kommt vor allem der „Die-Migration-ist-die-Mutter-aller-Probleme“-Partei AfD zugute.
Meisterleistung.
Billionaire wealth surged by $2T in 2024, says Oxfam. But let’s be real: secrecy jurisdictions and non-public UBO registers mean this is likely an underestimate. The true figure could be even higher. Transparency matters. #WealthInequality #TaxJustice
“Banning TikTok does nothing to address the endemic human rights risks and harms associated with the surveillance-based business models of TikTok and other major tech companies”
www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...
🚨This Wednesday
Join Nobel Maria Ressa, journalists Rana Ayyub and @carolecadwalla.bsky.social and Oscar winner Asif Kapadia in an online conversation about the rise of techno-authoritarianism and the film 2073, just days before the US inauguration.
RSVP here www.eventbrite.com/e/a-warning-...
Amnesty is doing an other round of Digital Forensics Fellowship, they are looking for 5 to 7 human rights defenders, journalists or technologists working with civil society organizations to receive training on digital forensics and digital threats. careers.amnesty.org/jobs/vacancy...
This is the environment in which volunteer editors are meant to take on fact-checking on Meta’s platforms…
ICYMI What Meta's new policy will mean in practice (among other things)
now that authoritarian bullies are in charge, Zuck can get rid of the pretense he cares about race-baiting right wing propaganda and hate speech online, and fully pursue mindless engagement chasing under the pretense he's just super interested in free speech and fighting "censorship"
Our yearly Digital Forensics Fellowship (DFF) applications are now open. Running from April – July 2025, we'll do skillsharing on researching digital threats and forensic techniques.
careers.amnesty.org/jobs/vacancy...
People vs Big Tech logo with a smashed laptop graphic.
We believe in the original promise of the internet as a force for good. People vs Big Tech is a movement of 123 organisations and concerned citizens from around Europe. We are working together to challenge the power and abuses of Big Tech. Our members include #ShePersisted, Amnesty International, Global Witness, the Citizens, Transparency International EU and many more.
Together we are building a better digital world. - Together we won an EU-wide ban on the use of sensitive personal data for targeted advertising. - We got the EU to prohibit targeted advertising to kids. - We collaborated with journalists to publish a bi-weekly newsletter + are supporting a youth-led movement. - Our members got the EU Commission to investigate Meta
Our solutions to toxic tech... - Fix Our Feeds. Tech giants can design their products to be safe. We just need to make them. - Stop Surveillance For Profit. Tech corporations spy on and profile us, then make fortunes exploiting our vulnerabilities for profit. - Break Open Big Tech. We're pushing to end Big Tech's stranglehold, so that tech serves people everywhere, not just their bottom line.
Our New Year's Resolution is to continue challenging Big Tech's power and abuses. We hope you will join us in that fight.
Here's a little about what we have been up to with 120+ organisations and concerned citizens in 2024 💪
#PvBT #BigTech #DigitalRevolution
New social media policies: here's a new tool, it's faulty in ways we know and ways we don't know, you can use it, but if things go wrong it's all on you. #AIEthics
english.elpais.com/technology/2...
Die volle Härte der Zivilgesellschaft
„Law and Order“-Politik bietet nicht mehr als Scheinlösungen. Sie schleift die Grund- und Freiheitsrechte aller. Wir halten dagegen und geben der Zivilgesellschaft eine Stimme.
netzpolitik.org/2024/gegen-d...
#vollehaerte
#vollehaerte
