Banning TikTok won’t solve social media’s foreign influence, teen harm and data privacy problems

When President Joe Biden signed a US$95 billion foreign aid bill into law on April 24, 2024, it started the clock on a nine-month window for TikTok’s China-based parent company, ByteDance, to sell the ... Read More

Parents should be terrified by TikTok’s dangerous influence over our kids

One of the biggest threats online is the most-popular social media app among children globally and in the U.S., TikTok ... of content has real life consequences, especially on teens whose minds ... Read More

TikTok and others change platforms to protect kids. Advocates say it's just a start

The U.K.'s Children's Code, or the Age Appropriate Design Code, went into effect ... social media companies, including the most popular ones among kids, like TikTok, YouTube, Instagram and ... Read More

12-year-old boy turns into ‘human fireball’ in TikTok challenge gone awry: ‘My baby is scarred for life’

Arizona mother Tiffany Roper is warning about the dangers of social media ... s “alive.” “I’ve always tried so hard to protect my kids from any danger, and I still wonder what I could have ... Read More

Instagram, TikTok now most popular news source among British teens

Teenagers in Britain are increasingly turning to social media ... s Instagram to follow the news while TikTok and Alphabet’s YouTube were also used by 28 per cent of teenagers for news. War has ... Read More

6 facts about Americans and TikTok

Americans’ Social Media Use How U.S. Adults Use TikTok Social Media and News Fact Sheet Teens, Social Media and Technology 2023 At the same time, some Americans have concerns about the Chinese-owned ... Read More

Dangerous TikTok Trends That Went Viral: The Risks And Consequences

What Happened: ByteDance-owned TikTok, a popular social media platform, has ... side of social media trends. See Also: Gen Z Rejects The Front Page And Turns To FYP: TikTok Now A Top News ... Read More

Meta, TikTok among social media firms sued by tribal nations over Native youth suicides

Virtually all U.S ... how social media affects teenagers' mental health. Psychologists and neuroscientists note the potential for both positive and negative side effects, and researchers have ... Read More

Why the U.S. Is Forcing TikTok to Be Sold or Banned

Lawmakers in numerous countries have ... video app TikTok, which is owned by the Chinese company ByteDance, have prompted the U.S. government to pass legislation banning the social media platform ... Read More

Ohio lawmakers propose banning social media, phones and computers in class

Ohio Republicans have proposed a new bill that would require public schools to ban social media and prohibit students from using electronics during class. It is meant to help promote education and ... Read More

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The new law will require TikTok’s Chinese ... A lab in a Dutch zoo has presented special corals that bred themselves and nestled them in Europe's largest coral reef ABC News' Ginger Zee looks ... Read More

Social media is a lifeline for mental health, not a curse, according to CDC's own data

Subscribe to Salon's weekly newsletter Lab Notes. While teens ... games and now social media. Many authorities have always found it more satisfying to point accusing fingers at popular culture ... Read More