Confidentiality has been lifted in the case. Allegation that "TikTok experimented on young people"

In the ongoing lawsuit in New York, it is claimed that TikTok, which presents security as its top priority and claims to be a platform suitable for children, has blatantly blocked some user groups from accessing certain security tools such as "Algo Refresh".

“We are constantly making improvements to our platform, which means, like most companies, we regularly test new products and features to validate the experience and understand how they work in real life,” a TikTok spokesperson said in a statement. he said.

TikTok company denies all accusations in the case file and claims that the safety of young users is their first priority.

According to the allegations in the lawsuit filed in New York, TikTok conducted repeated experiments on thousands of users in 2023 to compare those who received the "Algo Refresh" feature and those who did not, in order to examine how long users stayed on the site and its impact on advertising revenues.

In some newly declassified files, it is claimed that TikTok conducted a separate experiment, as previously reported in a Bloomberg report, and that in these experiments, the company turned off the security features that limited the exposure of randomly selected users to harmful content in their accounts.

In the news in Bloomberg, it was stated that a young boy from New York, who was a victim of these experiments, committed suicide because of content related to self-harm and suicide that he came across in the application flow.

Last month, the company reached an agreement with the court in the first state case to reach trial in Alabama, agreeing to change the operation of the platform for young people in the state and pay up to $300 million.