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Title: ByteDance knew kids could get addicted to TikTok in 35 mins, and harmed their development
Post by: HCK on October 20, 2024, 04:05:05 pm
ByteDance knew kids could get addicted to TikTok in 35 mins, and harmed their development

<div class="feat-image">(https://9to5mac.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2024/10/ByteDance-knew-kids-could-get-addicted-to-TikTok-in-35-mins.jpg?quality=82&strip=all&w=1600)</div><p>Accidentally released <a href="https://9to5mac.com/guides/tiktok/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">TikTok[/url] documents reveal that the company knows the app is addictive to children, and damaging to their mental and social development.</p>



<p>The documents also show developer ByteDance knew that screen-time tools it introduced would be ineffective, and were nothing more than a PR measure … </p>



 <a data-layer-pagetype="post" data-layer-postcategory="apps,tiktok" data-layer-viewtype="unknown" data-post-id="973344" href="https://9to5mac.com/2024/10/15/bytedance-knew-kids-could-get-addicted-to-tiktok-in-35-mins-and-harmed-their-development/#more-973344" class="more-link">more…[/url]

Source: ByteDance knew kids could get addicted to TikTok in 35 mins, and harmed their development (https://9to5mac.com/2024/10/15/bytedance-knew-kids-could-get-addicted-to-tiktok-in-35-mins-and-harmed-their-development/)