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Ohno, not... (looking at notes)... tiktok!
It’s a sign you’re getting old if you make fun of, and don’t understand, current social media.
There’s a reason it’s one of the most popular apps in the world and quite possibly the universe.
And why exactly it is prohibited to make fun of current trends?
I think that social media (in general, not only TikTok) are dangerous in few ways. TikTok is addicting and decrease your physical and mental health (https://www.addictioncenter.com/drugs/social-media-addiction/tiktok-addiction/), it could be a potential manipulation tool and spying tool (https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-64797355). Costs overshadow profits.
How is any of that different for any other social media platform? And why is TikTok the only one being banned?
Your link about social media addiction has a similar page for every other social media site, and your link about data harvesting says
So only banning tiktok tells me that it's fine for people to be addicted to social media and have their data stolen, but only if it's an American company doing it.
I agree that all social media are dangerous. That's exactly why I don't use any mobile app related to Meta on my phone. Even on the browser I use feature of Firefox to create container tab (I don't remember exact name of this feature) and this is the only way I run Facebook - this way Meta cannot track your cookies of your browser. I would happily cole this account but sadly all communication related for my daugher school, housing community and with some of friends is made through Messenger... I haven't use any other social media.