Across the United States, more than 150 million people are being faced with the possibility of a new reality: life without TikTok.
The wildly popular short-form video app has been at the center of an ongoing battle, with lawmakers calling for an outright ban, and the company portraying itself as a critical community space, educational platform and just plain fun. In Hong Kong, there’s no need to imagine that reality: TikTok discontinued its services there in 2020.
” Are the kids alright? But for some people, TikTok’s departure was a welcome change. Poppy Anderson, 16, has been using TikTok since its launch in 2018. And, like many others in her generation, she would spend hours “scrolling and scrolling” – even when feeling unfulfilled. “It was very easy to kind of find exactly what you like on there, because the [algorithm-run] For You page kept you there,” she said. “And it’s entertaining, but you don’t really get anything from it.
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