# TikTok knows its app is harming kids, new internal documents show : NPR

<https://www.npr.org/2024/10/11/g-s1-27676/tiktok-redacted-documents-in-teen-safety-lawsuit-revealed>

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## What Jamie wrote

The only thing that should be surprising in this article is if this is surprising. TikTok is designed to addict.

> As TikTok’s 170 million U.S. users can attest, the platform’s hyper-personalized algorithm can be so engaging it becomes difficult to close the app. TikTok determined the precise amount of viewing it takes for someone to form a habit: 260 videos. After that, according to state investigators, a user “is likely to become addicted to the platform.”
> 
> In the previously redacted portion of the suit, Kentucky authorities say: “While this may seem substantial, TikTok videos can be as short as 8 seconds and are played for viewers in rapid-fire succession, automatically,” the investigators wrote. “Thus, in under 35 minutes, an average user is likely to become addicted to the platform.”

Other sections from this article:

- Time-limit tool aimed at 'improving public trust,' not limiting app use
- TikTok demoted people it deemed unattractive on its feed
- Algorithm could deprive kids of opportunities like 'looking at someone in the eyes'
- TikTok's internal estimate: 95% of smartphone users under 17 use TikTok
- TikTok pushes users into filter bubbles like 'painhub' and 'sadnotes'
- TikTok's content moderation missing self-harm, eating disorder content
- TikTok slow to remove users under 13, despite company policy
- TikTok in crisis mode after report on TikTok Live being 'strip club filled with 15-year-olds'

Enough? More than enough for me.

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