United States Surgeon General Vivek Murthy issued a new advisory on Tuesday morning, warning that social media can negatively impact the mental health and well-being of children and adolescents and may be contributing to a youth mental health crisis. “The most common question parents ask me is, ‘is social media safe for my kids’. The answer…
Surgeon General Warns Social Media Is Driving a ‘Youth Mental Health Crisis’
May 23, 2023
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Advocates Sound Alarm on TikTok, Social Media Apps’ Harmful Effects on Young People
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…
Tiktok Is CCP’s Weapon to Indoctrinate American Youngsters With Communist Regime’s Values: Expert
April 3, 2023
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The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is using TikTok to wage unrestricted warfare on the United States by indoctrinating American youngsters with the Chinese regime’s values, according to Casey Fleming, CEO of intelligence, strategy, and cybersecurity firm BlackOps Partners. “Social media is a tool in their war chest. So they use it as an intelligence weapon, and…
Sex Traffickers Using TikTok to Lure Children, Youth Therapist Warns
April 3, 2023
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TikTok may be providing opportunities for sex traffickers to groom children, a youth therapist has warned. Dr. Katie Guinn has spent the last 10 years providing in-home family therapy to young people and their families in the Acadiana region of Louisiana. She is the regional director of The Center for Children and Families, a nonprofit…
BBC Urges Staff to Delete TikTok from Corporate Phones
March 21, 2023
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The BBC has urged its staff to delete TikTok from their corporate phones over privacy and security concerns about the Chinese-owned video-sharing app. The BBC is the first British media organization to issue this kind of guidance regarding TikTok—and just the second in the world after Denmark’s public service broadcaster did the same earlier this…
Upcoming Bill to Add TikTok to Foreign Tech Ban
March 6, 2023
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Two U.S. senators will file legislation this week that would pave the way for the government to “ban or prohibit” foreign technology businesses in the United States—including the Chinese video-sharing app TikTok, Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) has revealed. TikTok would be “one of the potentials” for consideration under the proposed bipartisan legislation, Warner, the head…
Senators to Introduce Bill to Add TikTok to Foreign Tech Ban
March 6, 2023
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Two U.S. senators will file legislation this week that would pave the way for the government to “ban or prohibit” foreign technology businesses in the United States—including the Chinese video-sharing app TikTok, Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) has revealed. TikTok would be “one of the potentials” for consideration under the proposed bipartisan legislation, Warner, the head…
Ohio Proposes Law Mandating Parental Consent for Children to Access Online Platforms
February 15, 2023
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Ohio’s Lt. Gov. Jon Husted is proposing a new law that would require certain online services to obtain permission from parents before allowing kids to use their platforms, insisting that such measures are necessary to protect children from harmful content. The “Social Media Parental Notification Act” requires online companies to create a method to determine…
Children Should Be ‘Really Careful’ on TikTok, App Is ‘Genuinely Troubling’: CIA Director
December 18, 2022
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William Burns, the director of CIA, has warned about children being potentially harmed by spending time on TikTok and talked about the dangers posed by the app that is owned by a China-based company. In a recent interview with PBS, Burns was asked about his recommendation to people regarding their kids’ usage of TikTok. “I’d…
TikTok ‘Poisoning’ Vulnerable Young Minds by Promoting Eating Disorders, Self-Harm, and Suicide: Report
December 15, 2022
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A new report by the Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH) reveals that Chinese social media platform TikTok is pushing harmful content involving self-harm and eating disorders into children’s feeds. In their study, the CCDH established accounts posing as 13-year-old teenagers in the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, and Australia. One account in each nation…
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