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Smart Social's Teen Panel Responds

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What Students Think Of TikTok App (Smart Social Interview with Josh Ochs)

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Teens Tell Parents What Social Media Means to Them

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Teens Tell Parents What Social Media Means to Them

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Kids Explain TikTok to Their Parents | Kidsplaining | Parents

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86% of the teens surveyed expressed interest in posting social media content for money.

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54% of Gen Z reported that wanted to be an influencer.

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Social Media Platforms Used by Teenagers

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According to a survey conducted by Morning Consult, more younger teens use TikTok compared to Facebook.

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TikTok has taken several steps lately to make its platform safer for minors and to make parents feel comfortable if their kids want to use TikTok.

Users under 18 automatically have accounts set to private

The anti-bullying feature helps to prevent cyberbullying by allowing creators to control what comments can be posted.

Users 13-15 can set the comments section to “off” or “only friends.”

Direct messaging is not available for users under 16.

Anyone over 16 will automatically have the setting to download video content by users under 16 turned off.  This feature should prevent child predators from saving videos of TikTok’s youngest users.

Parents can set a Bedtime Block.

Users also have the option to block inappropriate content and report it to TikTok.

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Charli D’Amelio, One of the Top Snapchat Earners

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Many users who go viral and have a substantial fan following are believed to only have gained that following because of their “attractiveness” rather than their talent or content.

Although this is not always the case, viral TikTokers like Charli and Dixie D’amelio, Addison Rae and Noah Beck are among those criticized for this reason, though they each possess millions of followers and are making a lot of money as a result.

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Ambar Driscoll is a model who uses TikTok to convey positive messages to others. She offers advice to young people who are feeling bad about their bodies because of toxic TikTok culture.
She describes that the only time she had a flat stomach was when she was dealing with eating disorders, writing, “Your mental health is more important than what you look like!”