The Danger of Tiktok and Three Examples or Reasons For Support by Ninel Perez

The Dangers of TikTok challenges

npere022 — 2025-01-09 16:57:53 UTC

On TikTok, these challenges have gotten even worse. For example, the "penny challenge," where people drop a penny between a wall socket and a plug, has caused house fires. Another one, the "skull breaker challenge," involves tripping people on purpose, and it's led to some bad injuries.

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TikTok collects an excessive amount of data

npere022 — 2025-01-10 15:57:23 UTC

Critics often say TikTok gathers way too much information. In July 2022, a report by Internet 2.0, a cyber-security company in Australia, looked at TikTok's code and said it collects a lot of extra data. This includes your location, what kind of device you're using, and which other apps are on your phone.

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TikTok’s ‘For You’ feed risks pushing children and young people towards harmful mental health content

npere022 — 2025-01-10 16:03:53 UTC

Researchers made over 30 fake accounts pretending to be 13-year-olds in Kenya and the USA to see how TikTok affects kids. After 5-6 hours on the app, almost half of the videos shown were about mental health and included harmful content—10 times more than accounts that didn’t show interest in mental health.

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