Vinkar@programming.dev to Privacy@lemmy.ml · 16 hours agoTikTok agrees to $400m settlement to resolve US children’s privacy litigationwww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square5fedilinkarrow-up136arrow-down10
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minus-squareFineCoatMummy@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·7 hours agoOn top of the privacy effects, short form video (SFV) is degrading everybody’s cognition. High-frequency SFV use was consistently associated with attentional disruption, reduced executive functioning, and emotional dysregulation. Several studies reported increased anxiety and compulsive use, though findings were heterogeneous. And a firehose of mis and disinformation. TikTok Is a Misinformation Minefield. Lots of reasons to help our friends and family get off it. Mental health effects, targeted disinformation, and privacy loss.
On top of the privacy effects, short form video (SFV) is degrading everybody’s cognition.
High-frequency SFV use was consistently associated with attentional disruption, reduced executive functioning, and emotional dysregulation. Several studies reported increased anxiety and compulsive use, though findings were heterogeneous.
And a firehose of mis and disinformation.
TikTok Is a Misinformation Minefield.
Lots of reasons to help our friends and family get off it. Mental health effects, targeted disinformation, and privacy loss.