
TikTok is the fastest growing social media app in the world with over 30 million daily active users and a billion accounts worldwide. The platform has become especially popular among teenagers and young people, but experts say there’s still a lot we don’t know in terms of its effects on mental health. The app is changing the way we consume culture and digital information across the internet, and we’re discovering the consequences as they occur in real-time. “It’s embarrassing that we know so little about TikTok and its effects,” said Philipp Lorenz-Spreen, a research scientist at the Max Planck Institute […]