A Social Media Platform Featuring Cat Videos, Makeup Tips and Work Hacks Triggers National Security Fears – and a Massive Generational Divide
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If you've never perused the wildly popular social media platform called TikTok, you may be unaware that it's, well, crack for your brain.
Designed to give you espresso-shot hits of dopamine in the form of lightning-fast videos that end abruptly before you're ready and leave you voraciously scrolling for more, TikTok features an endless procession of quirky, intelligent, strange, beautiful, and ambitious animals (humans included) from around the world performing, opining, and creating media 24 hours a day. These videos speak to nearly any topic you can imagine, on a continuous loop, comprising an image-drenched, informational merry-go-round so arresting, it can make real life seem flat, colorless, and dull.
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