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More than a dozen states in the US have sued TikTok, accusing the social media platform of helping to drive a mental health crisis among teenagers (www.bbc.com)

submitted 1 month ago by tardigrada to c/technology

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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.

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[–] sunzu2@thebrainbin.org 12 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Clown ass regime doing things for propaganda purposes... this people don't give two fucks about your kids people.

JFC

If the regime gave any fuck about children or their mental health, then

Women would have proper paid maternity leave.
Men too!
We would have proper childcare services system
Work life balance would be priority

But nahh... let's run some propaganda to make plebs feel like we did a thing 🤡

[–] Sauerkraut@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Also, kid killing giant SUVs and pickups would require a commercial license to own and operate. The US has 10x the vehicle fatality rate of other developed countries because the US doesn't actually (consistently) respect life and doesn't value safety.

[–] sunzu2@thebrainbin.org 1 points 1 month ago

Don't worry economic realities appearing to be destroying big car market

I guess capitalism will work itself out in the end 🤡