In each of the separate lawsuits state regulators filed, dozens of internal communications, documents and research data were redacted — blacked-out from public view — since authorities entered into confidentiality agreements with TikTok.
But in one of the lawsuits, filed by the Kentucky Attorney General’s Office, the redactions were faulty. This was revealed when Kentucky Public Radio copied-and-pasted excerpts of the redacted material, bringing to light some 30 pages of documents that had been kept secret.
Lots of people on the internets tend to do whataboutism around this topic whenever it comes up.
I think what it all boils down to is that TikTok is the worst example we’ve seen come up, and it is badly addicting and manipulative enough that it finally got people concerned.
When you’re one of us who never installed or browsed to TikTok, it’s quite obvious how it’s fucking up the rest of the people. It has taken smartphone addiction to a new level. People look like addicted zombies on that shit.
…so far :)
And the crazy part is I know of teens who say “I wish I could use my phone less”, and these aren’t even particularly self-reflective kids. I have to assume many feel this way. Literal textbook addiction, crafted on purpose, and half of the parents are so far up shit’s creek with the addiction too that they don’t even think to get involved.