How TikTok is Damaging Us Beyond Imagination

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Articles and interviews referenced:
1:17 Technical University of Denmark study
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/490177
2:23 Studies showing the effect of social media use on the brain:
https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0020708
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4855531/
3:35 60 Minutes interview with Tristan Harris https://www.cbsnews.com/video/tiktok-in-china-versus-the-united-states-60-minutes/#x
4:22 2022 BuzzFeed report https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/emilybakerwhite/tiktok-tapes-us-user-data-china-bytedance-access

5:33 Most downloaded apps on apptopia https://blog.apptopia.com/worldwide-and-us-download-leaders-2021