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TikTok executives know about app’s effect on teens, lawsuit documents allege:
One unnamed TikTok executive put it in stark terms, saying the reason kids watch TikTok is because of the power of the app’s algorithm, “but I think we need to be cognizant of what it might mean for other opportunities,” said the company executive. “And when I say other opportunities, I literally mean sleep, and eating, and moving around the room, and looking at someone in the eyes.”
This article makes it seem like TikTok has been knowingly designed from the ground up to be harmful, undoubtedly because it makes a few people very wealthy, influential and powerful.
https://www.npr.org/2024/10/11/g-s1-27676/tiktok-redacted-documents-in-teen-safety-lawsuit-revealed
#TikTok #SocialMedia
One unnamed TikTok executive put it in stark terms, saying the reason kids watch TikTok is because of the power of the app’s algorithm, “but I think we need to be cognizant of what it might mean for other opportunities,” said the company executive. “And when I say other opportunities, I literally mean sleep, and eating, and moving around the room, and looking at someone in the eyes.”
This article makes it seem like TikTok has been knowingly designed from the ground up to be harmful, undoubtedly because it makes a few people very wealthy, influential and powerful.
https://www.npr.org/2024/10/11/g-s1-27676/tiktok-redacted-documents-in-teen-safety-lawsuit-revealed
#TikTok #SocialMedia