ZeroCoolUS lawmakers vote 50-0 to force sale of TikTok despite angry calls from users
NakedmoleTik Tok pushes so much toxic content towards children and teenagers it should be shut down in my opinion.
Sl00kThe can very easily apply to every single social media.
Yes but unlike Facebook and other platforms, Tik Tok is aimed at and consumed by minors specifically.
Advertising.
Source? Examples?
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Directely relevant to advertising on tiktok.
Didnāt look very hard
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Directely relevant to advertising on tiktok.
The fact that you can advertise to children on tiktok doesnāt mean that the platform specifically exists to cater to young children.
I think it does.
Unrelated - this is just a business tiktok page
Directely relevant to advertising on tiktok.
This is about advertising to children within the platform and how tiktok intends to protect unethical advertising to children
Again - take the L.
Iām sorry you are getting downvoted, because technically you are right. TikTok will never claim to aim at children or advertise as such because they know they canāt provide a safe environment and will open themselves up to lawsuits.
If youāre the type of person who needs a verbal admission of guilt before you can see wrong doing, I guess.
Tiktokās stance is rather meaningless because theyād never admit wrongdoing. Iām not curious how does tiktok target children with their platform? How do they lure them to it and why?
Then the conversation becomes: What standards should social media platforms be accountable to?
Again, this supports tiktok protecting children
No ā itās ticktok eventually capitulating to pressure to do anything at all. Just admit youāre wrong. Itās ok
Again, this is not relevant to the original comment.
This is about how advertising was abused to target children.
It honestly sounds like you unjustifiably hate the platform and are throwing every nonsensical argument.
Youāve provided zero justification that tiktok as a company purposely targets children or designs their application specifically for children.
I tried googling, canāt find anything that supports these claims
cbsnews.com/ā¦/facebook-instagram-tiktok-snapchat-ā¦
Should I keep finding relevant links for you or do you feel sufficiently foolish enough?
Social media apps made $11 billion from children and teens in 2022
Snaphat, TikTok, Youtube and others generated billions in profits last year from advertising targeting young users, a Harvard study shows.
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I tried googling, canāt find anything that supports these claims
The comment was
Yes but UNLIKE Facebook and other platforms, Tik Tok is aimed at and consumed by minors specifically.
That study shows the opposite. YouTube benefited from minors over 2.5 times more than TikTok. And it shows every other platform is benefiting similar amounts. In fact, Snapchat has half the number of monthly users as tiktok but has almost identical ad revenue from minors. All the major social media platforms suck and are trying to take advantage of us, especially kids
Iām not arguing itās only tiktok. They all fucking suck. The question was how does TikTok benefit off children and the answer is advertising. Thatās a fact.
But the original comment you replied to WAS saying itās only, or at least primarily, Tiktok.
I only commented because, especially among the reddit and fediverse demographic, thereās a fervent dislike of TikTok specifically. I think some people have lost sight of the larger issue, that TikTok is a symptom and not the disease. But itās an easy target because of its early reputation as a dance app for younger users, its alleged ties to the CCP, and its popularity.
Global: TikTokās āFor Youā feed risks pushing children and young people towards harmful mental health content
Some might find information in this Press Release triggering. TikTokās content recommender system and its invasive data collection practicespose a danger to young users of the platform by amplifying depressive and suicidal content that risk worsening existing mental health challenges, two companion reports released today by Amnesty International show. The two reports āDriven into the [ā¦]
Unrelated, and you provided links that tiktok has worked to prevent this behavior from advertised
The Ultimate Guide to Advertising on TikTok | Five Channels Marketing
Today, the social networking app TikTok boasts over 2 billion downloads worldwide. It has around 800 million active users in several countries. With this many users, not many brands have taken to advertising on TikTok yet. Five Channels can show you how.
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I tried googling, canāt find anything that supports these claims
gizmodo.com/tiktok-slammed-in-europe-over-hidden-ā¦
Are you a GOP candidate? You seriously couldnāt find any of these links?? I didnāt even use Google.
TikTok Slammed in Europe Over 'Hidden Advertising' to Kids
The European consumer advocacy group BEUC filed a complaint against TikTok on Tuesday, including allegations the Chinese-based social media platform isnāt been transparent about why it needs to collect some data on users. The complaint also claims TikTok is deploying āhidden advertisingā aimed at children, accordingā¦
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Please find two brain cells to rub together to understand the context of the original comment. Youāve gone on a complete nonsensical tangent akin to mental illness
You just ignore anything you donāt like. Go back to Beijing and tell Poobear you failed.
I have to say they provided a lot of links and were unable to show anything relevant so i was tempted just to assume theyāre crazy but I try not to base anything on crazy people even negatives so I looked it up
Looking at TikTok creator ages, figures are skewed towards a younger demographic. Young adults (18-24 years) make up over half of the creators (52.83%). While under 18s make up a comparatively low 27.47%
I donāt know how accurate these are but the article said theyāre sourced from tiktok
A lot of people want a big bad to blame for everything and tiktok is it for a lot of people, but yeah I donāt really think their claim is correct
Agreed. Weāre both being downvote because weāre not part of the hive mind.
Most of the links provided are about how children were easy to advertise to and TikTok was not properly protecting them. Thatās a completely different discussion than ātiktok is targeting childrenā.
I want to be a supporter of keeping children safe, but I donāt think banning tiktok will help anything other than create 5 new platforms that will make letting kids safe even harder
No seriously ā did you even try or did you just want to bloviate online to randos forā¦ no reason at all?
You just ignore anything you dont like. Youāre not arguing in good faith.