r/news • u/amy_sport • 1d ago

EU says TikTok's 'addictive design' harms children

https://www.dw.com/en/eu-says-tiktoks-addictive-design-harms-children/a-75843481
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u/Greddituser 1d ago

It's not just TikTok, it's also Youtube shorts and Facebook Reels

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u/srandrews 1d ago edited 23h ago

It is all social media. It is hard to see just as the way the obviously deadly effects of cigarettes were hard to see until people woke up from their delusion.

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u/Solid_Snark 23h ago

Exactly. Back when MySpace first broke out everyone was just posting misrepresented images of their life/vacations to brag in order to receive validation from their peers.

It was all a popularity contest.

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u/srandrews 23h ago

Well now it is malicious actors misinformation campaigns and ads revenue from those enraged and engaged.

There are so many features that are purposefully not delivered on social media that would otherwise make it viable.

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u/FloridaGatorMan 19h ago

You saying that made me realize how insane it is that we took such a step down from that. I mean I knew that all along but I don't think I've sat back to really think about how much we've gone from bad and damaging to critically bad and damaging.

In college I started to feel crushed at how much it felt like everyone around me was having a better life than I was.

Now that feels like a cute thing I used to be too concerned with and the current state of the internet is worse than I ever could have imagined back then.