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‘You never want to leave:’ TikTok employees raise concerns about the app’s impact on teens in newly unsealed video (lite.cnn.com)
submitted 1 week ago by Pro@programming.dev to c/technology@lemmy.world
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cross-posted from: https://programming.dev/post/36070056

Current and former TikTok employees have raised concerns internally about how the app’s popular algorithm could hurt young users’ mental health, a newly unsealed video presented as evidence in a North Carolina lawsuit against the company shows.

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[–] frostedtrailblazer@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Teaching them about logical fallacies and how to spot them may be the best defense against these types of personalities imo. Many influencers that you’re concerned about try to prey upon these fallacies, so teaching your kids to spot them can help them to realize those people are full of shit.

Curating their content a bit to include more people you want them to be like can help as well, at least then they can have good people to look up to.

If your kids think you have their best interests in mind, I feel they’re less likely to push back and more likely to respect the boundaries you put down.

[–] JasonDJ@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Oh for sure. One of my kids favorite personalities is Mark Rober, who I also mostly approve of. It's just tough when he does collabs with people who I think are shallow and devoid of content, like Unspeakable. He strikes me as the type of channel who would be a stepping stone to mens rights/incel and then Joe Rogan.

[–] Shayeta@feddit.org 2 points 1 week ago

Mark Rober sold out to a content company a couple of years ago, that's why. Before that he used to be an actually good engineering channel. These days it is mostly just sponsored slop.

The closest alternative I can recommend is Stuff Made Here.