Ucwaningo olwethulwe emhlanganweni waminyaka yonke we-American Academy of Pediatrics lugxile endleleni iTikTok eyasingatha ngayo ukuxhumana okungamanga phakathi kwe-acetaminophen ngesikhathi sokukhulelwa kanye ne-autism. Ucwaningo, olubikwe yi-EFE, luhlole amavidiyo angu-53 athunyelwe phakathi kukaSepthemba noNovemba 2025 futhi lwaphetha ngokuthi ipulatifomu isize ekusakazeni ulwazi olungelona iqiniso kanye nemibono yozungu kubantu abaningi kakhulu kunolwazi olunembile. Impikiswano yaqala ngemuva kwezitatimende zomphakathi e-United States mayelana nalokhu kuhlangana okusolwayo, umphakathi wezokwelapha owenqaba ngenxa yokuntuleka kobufakazi.
Ukukhathazeka kwakubalulekile: abesifazane abaningi abakhulelwe baqala ukuzibuza ukuthi ukuthatha i-paracetamol kuyingozi yini futhi bafuna izimpendulo ezinkundleni zokuxhumana. Ababhali babefuna ukuqonda ukuthi yiluphi ulwazi abalutholile nokuthi i-algorithm inqume ukulubonisa kanjani . Iqiniso liwukuthi imiyalezo ethusayo ibonakala inezincazelo eziningi kunezincazelo ezisekelwe ebufakazini. Lelo phuzu liyinhliziyo yocwaningo.
Ukuhlaziywa kwamavidiyo angu-53 kanye nombono ongasekelwa
Abacwaningi babuyekeze amavidiyo angu-53 e-TikTok ashicilelwe phakathi kukaSepthemba noNovemba 2025, atholakale ngokusesha okufana ne-'paracetamol autism'. Ababuyekezi ababili bahlukanise ividiyo ngayinye ngokwehlukana ngokusekelwe ezingeni lolwazi olungalungile, iphrofayili yomdali, ikhwalithi yayo yemfundo—besebenzisa izinga lomhlaba wonke elivamile kulolu hlobo locwaningo—ukugxila kwayo ezindikimbeni, kanye nezilinganiso zokuzibandakanya. Kubo bonke, abangu-52,8% bahambisana nobufakazi besayensi, abangu-28,3% babenezinkohliso, kanti abangu-18,9% babengaqondakali . Umphakathi wezokwelapha wawusuvele ucacisile ukuthi akukho ukuxhumana okuqinisekisiwe okubangela phakathi kokusetshenziswa kwe-paracetamol ngesikhathi sokukhulelwa kanye nokuthuthukiswa kwesifo se-autism spectrum disorder.
Lokhu kudideka kuvela esitatimendeni esenziwe ngoSepthemba 2025 nguMongameli wase-US uDonald Trump kanye nezikhulu zezempilo ekuphathweni kwakhe. Umbono wokuthi isixhumanisi sokukhulelwa esibangelwa yi-autism saphikiswa ochwepheshe, abaveze ukuthi asikho isisekelo sesayensi salesi simangalo. Noma kunjalo, umyalezo wazwakala futhi wavusa ukungabaza phakathi kweziguli kanye nemindeni.
Izindaba ezingamanga, aziningi kakhulu kodwa zibonakala kabanzi
Nakuba amavidiyo aqukethe ulwazi olungamanga ayembalwa, ukufinyelela kwawo kwakukhulu kakhulu. Ayenemibono engu-52,4% ngaphakathi kwesampula equkethe ukubukwa okungu-28,13 million. Ividiyo eyodwa enedatha eyiphutha ifinyelele ukubukwa okungu-10,3 million, okulingana no-36,6% wayo yonke imibono ehlaziyiwe. Umehluko phakathi kokuba khona kanye nezilaleli wawungenye yezinto ezitholwe ngendlela emangalisayo.
Okuqukethwe okuhambisana nesayensi akuzange kufinyelele ekufinyeleleni okulinganiselwe. Ngokusho kwababhali, lokhu kukhomba inkinga edlula ukuba khona kolwazi olungelona iqiniso: uhlelo lokuncoma lubonakala luthanda imiyalezo ephikisana kakhulu . Umcwaningi uShivani Srivastava, oxhumene neRutgers Medical School eNew Jersey, ugcizelele ukuthi amavidiyo aqukethe amanga aqukethe okungaphezu kwengxenye yokubukwa yize eyingxenyana encane yokuqukethwe okutholakalayo.
Abantu abanethonya uma kuqhathaniswa nochwepheshe bezempilo
Ucwaningo luphinde lwabona umehluko ocacile kuye ngokuthi ubani odale ividiyo. Okuqukethwe okudalwe ochwepheshe bezempilo kuvame ukuhambisana nobufakazi obutholakalayo. Ngokuphambene nalokho, ama-73,3% amavidiyo aqukethe amanga kanye nemibono yozungu avela kubantu abanethonya abangenalo ukuqeqeshwa okukhethekile kwezokwelapha. Lezi zinto zivame ukuba nekhwalithi yemfundo ephansi futhi zisebenzisa ithoni yokwethusa.
Phakathi kwezici eziphindaphindwayo kakhulu kumavidiyo amanga kwakuyizinkolelo-mbono zobuqili, ezikhona ku-46,7% wamacala, kanye nokungathembi imboni yezemithi, okuvele ku-53,3%. Ukuhlanganiswa kwemizwa, ukusola, kanye nolimi olulula kwenza kwaba lula ukuthi le miyalezo izwakale kubasebenzisi abaqaphela impilo. Izincazelo zezokwelapha zaziphansi uma ziqhathaniswa nazo.
I-algorithm, ekukhanyeni
Abacwaningi bathi i-algorithm kaTikTok yandisa ukusabalala kwamavidiyo ngokugxila kwethiyori yozungu kanye nokwaziswa okungaqondile mayelana nenkinga yezempilo ebucayi. Ngokusho kokutholakele kwabo , kwavumela amanga ukuthi asakazeke kabanzi kakhulu kunokuqukethwe okusekelwe ebufakazini . Ucwaningo lwethulwe phakathi kwempikiswano ekhulayo mayelana nomthwalo wemfanelo wamapulatifomu edijithali ekusabalaliseni ulwazi lwezempilo yomphakathi.
USrivastava uphinde wagcizelela isidingo sokuthi izibhedlela, izinhlangano zezokwelapha, kanye nochwepheshe bahlanganyele ezingxoxweni zedijithali. Ukushicilela isayensi nje akwanele; kumele kwenziwe ngendlela ehehayo nefinyelelekayo ukuze kuncintiswane nokwaziswa okunganembile. Ngaphezu kwalokho, iTikTok ingenye yemithombo eyinhloko yolwazi lwezempilo lwentsha kanye nabantu abadala abasebasha, okwandisa umthelela walezi zimo.
Icala le-paracetamol kanye ne-autism libonisa into evame ukwanda: izigidi zabantu ziphendukela ezinkundleni zokuxhumana ukuze zixazulule imibuzo yezokwelapha , kodwa izinhlelo zokuncoma azihlali zibeka phambili ulwazi oluqinile kakhulu. Ochwepheshe bagcizelela ukuthi ukulwa nokwaziswa okungaqondile kwezempilo akusalwiwa kuphela emitholampilo, ezibhedlela, noma emaphephandabeni esayensi, kodwa futhi nasezinhlelweni ezinquma ukuthi umsebenzisi ngamunye ubonani. Kubabhali, isifundo ukuthi ulwazi oluyiqiniso kumele lukwazi ukuncintisana nokuqukethwe okungamanga okusebenzisa kabi ukukhanga okungokomzwelo.