TikTok is negatively affecting people, in particular kids around the world. It’s not going to get better. Time we got started on getting rid of it!
Link to article?
Thanks for asking. Not sure why the community is not linked in the image! !DeTikTok@lemmy.world
Edited it now :)
Whatever. Tiktok essentially opened this generation’s eyes to Israel’s atrocities in Gaza. People like to belittle it as though it is all just stupid kids doing dumb stuff, but I strongly feel it’s a force for good.
I was a TikTok user from 2019-feb 2025, there was a very noticeable shift in the algorithm, especially after Trump’s inauguration and his deal that was struck to keep the app available in the US. Despite being European, I was suddenly served a lot of far right content and deleted the app for good. With the incident during the 2025 Romanian elections with Tiktok massively skewing the results towards the far right candidate I have no doubt it’s only gotten worse.
It being a positive force was probably true at some point, I’ve learned a lot and saw perspectives on this app I otherwise would’ve never seen, but in the state it is now it’s proven to be a danger for democracy (real democracy, not the “democracy” that brought us a genocide I want to clarify).
I’m one to agree. It all matters what you feed into.
I feel like Loops is the force for good, not TikTok, which is run by a seemingly evil corp https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Censorship_by_TikTok
