www.bbc.co.uk
It’s possible to be scared of both. Or at the very least, extremely wary.
IP address, gateway to all your personal data. Unless you use a VPN of course.
I do agree generally with the whole of this post @jcdenton08 - and MI5 has consistently warned about the wider issues with China
Oh dear, what a pity. Never mind .......................................TikTok goes offline in the US hours before ban comes in - BBC News
A message appearing for US users said a law banning TikTok had been enacted, meaning "you can't use TikTok for now".
Trump was behind the banning of Tik Tok originally.
All true and fair enough, Trump is a shit, no shocker there, I’d just like TikTok to f*** off forever for all the reasons I gave in my post, regardless of what Donald Trump or Elon Musk says or does.
Me too.
Nothing quite like a right wing state to ban people from doing perfectly legal things. Unless it benefits them, of course.
You could just delete it
I think you’ve misread my post, I don’t use it myself, but I’ve witnessed - as with Twitter/X - the deleterious effect it has had on impressionable people, specifically millions of children.You could just delete it
I haven’t misread it. You proposed making a social media platform illegal.
Nobody is arguing that lack of parental oversight isn’t an issue, but it is simply a fact of life that children are exposed to harmful content at a very young age, due to peer pressure to have a smart phone, and build friendships outside of school using apps - the main one being TikTok.
www.statista.com
The only caveat is that I have never, and would never, 'use' it.
Wow. You are a tad obsessive on a football site.Nobody is arguing that lack of parental oversight isn’t an issue, but it is simply a fact of life that children are exposed to harmful content at a very young age, due to peer pressure to have a smart phone, and build friendships outside of school using apps - the main one being TikTok.
- nine in 10 children own a mobile phone by the time they reach the age of 11.
- three-quarters of social media users aged between eight and 17 have their own account or profile on at least one of the large platforms.
- despite most platforms having a minimum age of 13, six in 10 children aged 8 to 12 who use them are signed up with their own profile.
- almost three-quarters of teenagers between age 13 and 17 have encountered one or more potential harms online.
Specifically regards to TikTok;
Leading social media apps children UK 2023 | Statista
According to a 2023 study, 50 percent of kids in the United Kingdom used TikTok, making the short-video sharing platform the most popular social media among users aged between four and 18 years.
According to a 2023 study, 50 percent of kids in the United Kingdom used TikTok, making the short-video sharing platform the most popular social media among users aged between four and 18 years. X (formerly known as Twitter) followed with a reach of 43 percent, while Facebook ranked third with a 40 percent audience reach.
Given TikTok’s constant reprimands over their slow content moderation, thousands of child exploitation and abuse cases stemming from contact via TikTok, Ofcom’s difficulty in getting TikTok to properly enforce age restrictions (despite Prof. Jay’s recommendations and the Online Safety Act) have all played a part.
But as I say, the wider effect on basic respect and human decency is, in my view, being eroded by the likes of TikTok where everyone is encouraged to be self-centred attention seekers, putting themselves and others in dangerous situations on a constant basis in the search of a viral moment.
It’s the worst thing to happen to the internet since Twitter.
