 Imran Ahmed of the Center for Countering Digital Hate produced a report in December 2022 that suggested TikTok's algorithm was serving harmful content to some viewers within the first minutes of their use of the platform. He said there is self-harm content. There is nonsensical content about cures for mental health conditions. The algorithm recognizes vulnerability and instead of seeing it as someone it should be careful around, it sees it as a potential point of addiction.