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Attorneys general from 14 states are suing TikTok for harming children's mental health. Internal research accidentally revealed this week indicates TikTok knew its algorithm was harmful.
Dr. Stephen Mandler, a child psychiatrist and chief medical officer of Orchard Place in Des Moines, recommends children have no access to social media until they are 14 or 15 years old and can ...
State attorneys general have launched a nationwide investigation into TikTok and its possible harmful effects on young users’ mental health, widening government scrutiny of the wildly popular ...
However, there is substantial evidence that parents’ policies regarding the time their child spends on social media has an impact on their child's mental health. One particular study, conducted by Dr. Jasmine Fardouly and her coauthors, involved a sample of 528 preadolescent social media users between the ages of 10 and 12 and one of their ...
At a House of Representatives hearing last May, Rep. Gus Bilirakis, R-Fla., played videos found on TikTok that promoted suicide for TikTok CEO Shou Chew, asking him whether TikTok was fully ...
TikTok has become a hub for mental health content, where users share personal experiences with depression and anxiety. While this has helped normalize conversations around mental health, it also raises concerns. Dr. Corey Basch, a public health professor, points out that TikTok's algorithm can create echo chambers. [17]
"Fear of missing out" can lead to psychological stress at the idea of missing posted content by others while offline. The relationships between digital media use and mental health have been investigated by various researchers—predominantly psychologists, sociologists, anthropologists, and medical experts—especially since the mid-1990s, after the growth of the World Wide Web and rise of ...
Vermont is one of 13 states to sue social media short-form video app TikTok, claiming that it harms the mental health of children. In separate lawsuits filed Tuesday, the states allege that TikTok ...