Edward Markey: “TikTok does prey upon young people, does contribute to…”

“And I would also add that I do agree with my colleague when he says that TikTok does prey upon young people, does contribute to mental health issues, especially amongst the teenagers and children in our society. But so doesn't YouTube and so doesn't Facebook, So doesn't every one of the American sites. So if we want to deal with the problem of social media creating problems for young people in our society, let's pass a law.” (45:04–45:16)

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