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

• basmati@lemmus.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ 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 ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ 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 ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    Then it’s time to ban this.

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    • meowMix2525@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      Ban kids making up dumbshit challenges and attempting them?

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