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[–] sunglocto@lemmy.zip 56 points 2 months ago (14 children)

I know bad for democracy and everything but

This app has done nothing positive for my life, arguably began my social media addiction, filled my brain with negative content at the height of COVID and severely impacted my mental health

I don't think governments should ban platforns. But do I think TikTok should have ever existed? No

[–] Mrkawfee@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago (3 children)

If not for TikTok Israel's genocide would have gone unreported in Western media and censored on US social media.

[–] TheRealKuni@lemmy.world 37 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I don’t use TikTok but I knew plenty about Israel’s actions. It was all over the internet and plenty of news sources.

[–] ScoopMcPoops@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Yeah because teens love opening the paper in the morning and reading about how Israel is "liberating" Palestine?

[–] ripcord@lemmy.world 10 points 2 months ago

The majority of media and news learnin' is not TikTok or newspapers.

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