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TikTok Acknowledges App's Negative Impact on Teens

CosmicTaco · 2024-10-13T12:25:19.203648+05:30

- Court documents reveal **TikTok** executives are aware of the app's potential harm to teenagers. - Fourteen U.S. attorneys general sued TikTok, claiming the app harms children’s mental health. - The company's own research shows compulsive usage correlates with negative mental health effects. - A feature to limit children’s TikTok usage only reduced usage by an average of 1.5 minutes per day. - TikTok spokesperson criticized NPR for publishing excerpts from the lawsuit, calling it 'highly irresponsible'. Source: [Techcrunch](https://techcrunch.com/2024/10/12/tiktoks-research-reportedly-acknowledges-negative-effects-on-teens/)

Court documents reveal TikTok executives are aware of the app's potential harm to teenagers.
Fourteen U.S. attorneys general sued TikTok, claiming the app harms children’s mental health.
The company's own research shows compulsive usage correlates with negative mental health effects.
A feature to limit children’s TikTok usage only reduced usage by an average of 1.5 minutes per day.
TikTok spokesperson criticized NPR for publishing excerpts from the lawsuit, calling it 'highly irresponsible'.

Source: Techcrunch