The Users Aren't Alright: Dangerous Mental Illness Behaviors and Recommendations

TL;DR

This paper discusses how recommendation systems can inadvertently spread harmful behaviors among individuals with mental illnesses and emphasizes the need for safeguards.

Contribution

It highlights the potential risks of recommendation systems propagating dangerous behaviors to vulnerable populations and suggests the importance of implementing protective measures.

Findings

Recommendation systems can propagate harmful behaviors

Vulnerable populations are at risk from recommendation algorithms

Need for safeguards in recommendation system design

Abstract

In this paper, we argue that recommendation systems are in a unique position to propagate dangerous and cruel behaviors to people with mental illnesses.