Incident #1653
Social Media Recommendation Algorithms Allegedly Repeatedly Exposed 13-Year-Old Blake Gallier to Suicide-Related Videos Before Her Death
Description
Before her death on October 30, 2025, 13-year-old Blake Gallier reportedly viewed and reposted social-media videos normalizing suicide. After examining her phone, her family alleged that recommendation algorithms had repeatedly surfaced similar material. The platform or platforms involved have not been publicly identified, and an inquest into her death remains pending.
Actors
Alleged Deployers
- social-media-platforms
Alleged Developers
- social-media-platforms
Harmed Parties
- social-media-users
- minors
- blake-gallier
- family-of-blake-gallier
- emotionally-vulnerable-individuals
- women-and-girls
- girls
- adolescent-girls