
TikTok將支付一億美元並實施兒童使用限制,以解決阿拉巴馬州指控其演算法令兒童上癮的訴訟。
TikTok及其母公司字節跳動將向美國阿拉巴馬州支付一億美元,並限制兒童使用該平台,以達成訴訟和解。這是該平台首次與美國州政府達成和解,旨在解決兒童成癮指控。
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TikTok面臨多起指控其功能對兒童上癮的訴訟。此次為該平台首次與美國州政府達成和解。
TikTok及其母公司字節跳動(ByteDance)將向美國阿拉巴馬州(Alabama)支付一億美元,並作出一系列修改,以限制該州兒童的使用,作為一宗訴訟和解的一部分。
這份協議在週一即將開始陪審團審理之前達成。它終結了一宗指控TikTok故意設計成讓兒童對其功能上癮的訴訟,此類訴訟針對多家社交媒體平台,不在少數。
根據協議,該公司現在必須加裝多項新的安全功能,包括對兒童實施每日兩小時的使用上限,以及夜間和上課時間的使用限制。
這些改變僅適用於阿拉巴馬州。這是該平台首次與美國一個州達成和解。
「我們非常高興,」阿拉巴馬州總檢察長辦公室的首席法律顧問凱瑟琳·羅伯遜(Katherine Robertson)在接受BBC採訪時說。
她補充說,該州在開庭前一直與TikTok進行調解,現在所達成的這份協議是該州的最終方案。
「這是一項限制非常嚴格的禁令性救濟措施,將要求他們改變許多政策,那些政策正是我們認定的罪魁禍首——我們稱之為一場針對兒童童年的戰爭,」羅伯遜說。
新的時長限制和使用封鎖即時生效。
不過,和解協議所包括的其他修改,TikTok有最長一年的時間來落實,例如建立年齡驗證措施。
其中許多措施遵循了社交媒體競爭對手Meta今年8月與52個州的總檢察長所達成和解的框架。
如果新和解協議的條件未獲履行,TikTok同意的賠付金額最高可達三億美元。一億美元的賠付款項須在四十五天內支付給該州。
作為協議的一部分而要求設置的其他安全功能,還包括一系列讓家長能夠嚴格監督子女使用的措施,以及對部分內容的限制,和驗證未成年用戶年齡的新方法。
TikTok還將限制兒童賬號被成年人搜尋發現,並就青少年用戶與成年用戶之間的任何「可疑互動」通知家長。
平台還將全面禁止兒童使用所有美妝濾鏡。
「TikTok一貫的首要任務,是營造一個安全、正面的空間,讓人們可以發揮創意、探索熱愛,並與群體建立聯繫,」TikTok USDS的一名發言人說。「這份協議建立在我們的承諾和核心目標之上,即持續加強我們強有力的安全工具,保護青少年。」
今年早些時候,TikTok進行了業務所有權拆分,由一組新的投資者接管其在美國的運營。其餘業務仍在中國運營。
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TikTok將在45天內向阿拉巴馬州支付一億美元賠付款項
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