Oof! You’re opening this WIDE open for political discourse 🤣So this seems less a tiktok specific issue and an issue of parenting. Basically the parents that choose not to be involved in moderating and managing the kids social platforms are now turning to the government to do their job for them.
Again, I'm not for or against tiktok. I'm on the outside looking in, and wondering what's people's opinions.
I don't see too much difference in this over other social platforms and to blame one saying how evil it is, because a Chinese company owns it but giving other platforms a pass (or at least a blind eye) seems hypercritical.
I think it comes down to what a person thinks the role of government is, and how vast its protection of the vulnerable should be?
Hypocrisy seemingly abounds everywhere, but in this specific case, how much can parents really do against a monster of a social epidemic? Sure, you can limit your child’s exposure and use of social media, but it’s going to be at the cost of being ostracized and being “left out” of the cultural trends: of which tiktok is a beast that promotes unhealthy habits and ideas (some of which have been stated earlier, and some are going to be personal beliefs.)