And TikTok is not alone in this targeting of youth & their vulnerabilities. Eg, #Snapchat is another major wrongdoer.

If you have #Roku TV, you get Haystack News channel. Go there, scroll down to #BloombergTV right now to watch their related extended programming.
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#SocialMedia didn't invent targeting youth & exploiting their social & personal insecurities, vulnerability to influence & incentivizing, incomplete brain devt, etc: cigarette companies did the same in the 20th C.
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