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'TikTok brain' may be coming for your kid's attention span (theweek.com)
submitted 3 years ago by [M, B] to c/technology@lemmy.world
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'TikTok brain' may be coming for your kid's attention span::Emerging research suggests that TikTok's rapid-fire short videos are affecting the attention spans of its younger users, making it harder for them to engage in activities that require more sustained attention.

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[–] 2 points 3 years ago

Yes, you're right, my mistake.

TikTok is a separate issue from humanity's self-imposed apocalypse. Whether civilization collapses or not in the short to medium term, a fleshed out age appropriateness policy for the TikTok social media platform still needs to be established and adopted, whether TikTok continues to exist or not.

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