A bipartisan group of 14 attorneys general from across the country allege that the company uses addictive features to hook children to the app and that it has intentionally misled the public about the safety of prolonged use.
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New York Attorney General Letitia James said young people across the country had died or been injured doing TikTok “challenges” and many others were feeling “more sad, anxious and depressed because of TikTok’s addictive features”.
She cited a 15-year-old boy, who died in Manhattan while “subway surfing” - riding on top of a moving subway car. His mother later found TikTok videos of such activity on his phone, she said.
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Regulators have launched similar cases against Facebook and Instagram for their impact on young people’s mental health.
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The Federal Trade Commission, a government watchdog, accused TikTok in August of violating child privacy laws.
I think the guns and the trickle up economy are far worse. But this isn’t actually about mental health, but banning media that shows a non western narrative.
banning media that shows a non western narrative.
Which media show a non-Western narrative? TikTok? Facebook? Instagram?
The cable news networks are losing their chokehold on media. Young people can see the truth that the government and the media are lying about daily
Young people see news influencers on social media which are even less trustworthy than traditional news outlets.
It’s the “I did my own research” of news.
TBH the news that I get from social media is usually first-hand accounts and footage. It’s far superior to the extremely filtered and propagandized disinformation coming from capitalist media outlets.
I think any child could recognize the difference and that’s why media outlets want to ban the competition. This won’t make kids happier.
Is this the reason then why TikTok is already banned in China, TikTok’s parent company’s home country? Because media there is lying?
Because they have Douyin.
Yay for china banning stuff! \s
TikTok
They want to hold social media companies liable for allowing their user base to call for an end to genocide in Palestine.
TikTok’s ‘blackout’ challenge linked to deaths of 20 children in 18 months, report says - (December 2022)
TikTok faces lawsuit over ‘blackout challenge’ death of 10-year-old girl – (August 2024)
Blackout challenge – (Wikipedia)
The blackout challenge is an internet challenge based around the choking game, which deprives the brain of oxygen.[1] It gained widespread attention on TikTok in 2021, primarily among children.[2] It has been compared to other online challenges and hoaxes that have exclusively targeted a young audience.[3] It has been linked to the deaths of at least twenty children.
There is much more on that across the web.
I remember this being a thing before tik tok
This ‘blackout challenge’ on Tiktok was a thing before Tiktok?
Way before TikTok yeah. I remember almost the exact same headlines like 15 years ago in middle school.
Then it’s time to ban this.
Ban kids making up dumbshit challenges and attempting them?
