
TikTok addiction, Sheryl Sandberg, and robots
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The Dangers of Tik Tok
Tik Tok is a social media app that works out what people like and then feeds them suggestions. The Wall Street Journal got their hands on some internal documentation about the algorithms. Tik Tok will feed you videos of kittens jumping over obstacle courses to navigate to mission impossible music when there's loads of them, which can be quite addictive. Anonymous has published a video listing the dangers of Tik Tok. Calling it an advertising platform is an understatement. Tik Tok is essentially malware that is targeting children.
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