The fight over banning TikTok in the United States goes beyond national security implications—with youth mental health as one of the main reasons cited by both proponents and opponents of the popular app.
And that issue does not just apply to the Chinese Communist Party-tied platform.
“You can say social media, in general, could potentially have an impact,” TikTok influencer Tim Martin told The Epoch Times on March 22.
“But that partially lies on the parents to make sure that they’re monitoring what the kids are listening to, what the kids are watching. That goes with TV, that goes with Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, YouTube.”…