My Take | America, save your youth by going ahead and banning TikTok
- Anything that involves real talent on the social media platform attracts few viewers, while those that require zero talent will get millions
The United States should ban TikTok, not just on government electronic devices, but completely, everywhere within its borders. That’s it, I have said it.
I have changed my position 180 degrees. That is after my children showed me some of the most influential “influencers” and most watched clips on the world-dominating social media platform. After watching many of them, images of the collapse and end of humanity and civilisation flashed before my mind. Frankly, I’d rather my children watch porn than this miasma of utter pointlessness, as that would at least make sense.
The clips and people I refer to below are all watched and followed by millions on TikTok. Imagine those times had been collectively devoted to curing cancer or developing nuclear fusion for green energy.
A young man is triggered to sing loudly by being clawed by his cat in every clip. A young girl who takes random photos of herself in the mirror for a time made her the most followed influencer with almost 120 million fans (yes, you read that right, not a typo).
One youngster reduces a whole bag of Oreo biscuits into crumbs and then eats it all through his nose. A woman pretends to spend all day moving like a chicken.
A man in heavy make-up splashes an enormous amount of Chanel’s eye shadow powder all over himself, which must have cost a fortune, assuming it’s really Chanel and not hot chocolate powder.