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Why the Government Actually Wants TikTok Gone
from Harvey Weinstein's Overturned Conviction & TikTok Ban | The Tim Dillon Show #390 · #390
3 min
Tim argues the real reason for banning TikTok isn't kids' mental health but that young people are asking uncomfortable questions about war, citing Jonathan Haidt's book The Anxious Generation as a smokescreen.
- 170 million US users and 7 businesses operate on TikTok; Tim tried it briefly but couldn't get into it.
- Tim explains the government probably wants to ban TikTok because young people get information from it.
- Jonathan Haidt wrote a book saying social media damages children by feeding their anxiety.
- TikTok started fine with everyone dancing, then shifted to people asking 'why did we shoot that baby in the face.'
- Tim jokes the government doesn't want to explain to prepubescent kids why they shot the baby in the face.
- Haidt's book argues social media damages children because they discover they're losers.
- Kids on TikTok pick the mental illness or disease they want as if choosing a community, unlike choosing BMX bikes.
TikTokJonathan HaidtThe Anxious Generation