Seven French families have filed a lawsuit against TikTok, alleging that the social media platform’s algorithm exposed their teenage children to harmful content, leading two of them to take their own lives at the age of 15.
The case, filed in the Créteil judicial court, claims that TikTok’s algorithm promoted videos encouraging suicide, self-harm, and eating disorders. According to Laure Boutron-Marmion, the families’ lawyer, this is the first collective lawsuit of its kind in Europe targeting TikTok’s accountability.
