Oct 30, 2025Confirmed
Family alleges social media algorithms showed 13-year-old Blake Gallier suicide videos before her death
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Blake Gallier, 13, died on October 30, 2025. She had reportedly viewed and reposted videos normalizing suicide. Her family, after checking her phone, alleges recommendation algorithms repeatedly surfaced similar material. The platforms have not been publicly identified, and an inquest is pending.
What this means for youSocial media feeds can keep pushing similar content to a child once they watch it. Parents can review a child's feed and app settings, and turn off or limit personalized recommendations where the app allows.
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- AI Incident Databasehttps://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1653
Data from the AI Incident Database (incidentdatabase.ai), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). McGregor, S. (2021) Preventing Repeated Real World AI Failures by Cataloging Incidents: The AI Incident Database. IAAI-21.
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