You’re not a tween or teen, or even a 20-something adult and are wondering what in the hell is the TikTok app? Its actually a new type of studio and television, catering mainly to the 7 to 20 year olds. We’ll detail what this new kind of movie studio and tv combined is. Then we’ll give you the inside scoop on the 24 hour party its like on there.

Running a TikTok & Instagram challenge for teens for Tech for Good Canada has made me ever more aware of the “Weapons of Mass Distraction” they are- and how underrepresented & creators can love it though. This is a societal division machine like no other.

In September 2021, the Wall Street Journal published a series of internal Facebook reports, now known as The Facebook Files, that show Facebook knew its negative impact on teenagers’ mental health, societal polarization, misinformation, and more.

The revelations from a woman employee put in even greater light the larger, systemic harms that Facebook — and other persuasive technology giants — are able to have on society. Canadian governement must now urgently tax, legislate and regulate Facebook (and its WhatsApp and Instagram properties) and Tech giants like TikTok, Google, and YouTube.

ByteDance is the publisher of Tik Tok, a fun tool on the face of it to lip synch to videos and become world famous – but a powerful data collection and ecommerce tool on the back side.