Comment on 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

• tardigrada@beehaw.org ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  This ‘blackout challenge’ on Tiktok was a thing before Tiktok?

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  • basmati@lemmus.org ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Yes, this exact thing was at my middle school in the early 2000s, tiktok being a vector for things kids already do and have done for at least twenty years does not make it special.

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  • TexMexBazooka@lemm.ee ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Way before TikTok yeah. I remember almost the exact same headlines like 15 years ago in middle school.

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    • tardigrada@beehaw.org ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Then it’s time to ban this.

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      • meowMix2525@lemm.ee ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Ban kids making up dumbshit challenges and attempting them?

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