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TikTok’s damaging impact on teenagers won’t be fixed by content filters alone

By Katelynn Richardson
Published July 19, 2022 4:58pm ET
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TikTok’s damaging impact on teenagers won’t be fixed by content filters alone
TikTok and Facebook application on screen Apple iPhone XR | (Anatoliy Sizov/Getty Images)

TikTok announced last week that it would introduce content filters to prevent minors from viewing material with “overtly mature themes.”

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