Uniquely Addictive
TikTok is the most addictive app in the UK, with
73% of it's users claiming it is addictive, and an
average monthly usage of 49hr 29m.
In a recent lawsuit, it was reveled that people get addicted to
TikTok in just 35 minutes. It is a super-drug that
is already prevalent among 16+ year olds.
Even setting aside the toxic content, the app is stealing young
people's lives and attention, as though it were a drug.
Privacy & Security Risks
The platform that's hypnotising and hurting Brits is also owned by
the Chinese Communist Party. This means that the data of millions of
British citizens is being harvested and used to manipulate them.
TikTok has been banned in 35 countries, in the US Military since
2020, and in the UK for ministers since 2023 due to the security
risks.
Why should we be okay with our citizens being drugged by a foreign
power?
A Unique Toxic Personality
Every social-media has it's own "vibe". Twitter is for politics,
Instagram is for fun photos, Facebook is for family. TikTok is for
toxic, addictive, and harmful content.
The negative impact this is having on users is obvious:
47% of GenZ wish it was never invented.
Hidden Content
TikTok is tailored to each user, so the content that is shown to an
adult is different to that of a child. Vulnerable people see content
tailored to their specific situations, obscene content is intermixed
with light-hearted fun, and it's difficult to tell what is harmful
to who.
Jess Butcher MBE Commissioner at the EHRC, Founder of IRL Pledge, Investor
Prof. Joshua Becker Professor, UCL School of Management