OPINION TikTok's Trojan Horse: how a Chinese social media platform harms our children


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OPINION | TikTok's Trojan Horse: how a Chinese social media platform harms our children A recent study shows that American youth between the ages of 4 and 15 spend nearly 86 minutes a day on Chinese-based social media platform TikTok. In China, kids are limited to just 40 minutes a day and are blocked from using the app, called Douyin locally, between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m. However, in America, TikTok abuses our internet freedoms to stunt our children socially through 24/7 viral content filled with sex, drugs, and violent challenges. Without question, social media platforms like TikTok are extremely...