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Young adults’ dependence on TikTok shows why they need civic education

By Hans Zeiger, Garrett Exner

Published April 25, 2024 6:00am ET

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Young adults’ dependence on TikTok shows why they need civic education — People take photographs near a John Harvard statue, left, Tuesday, Jan. 2, 2024, on the campus of Harvard University, in Cambridge, Mass. Harvard University President Claudine Gay resigned Tuesday amid plagiarism accusations and criticism over testimony at a congressional hearing where she was unable to say unequivocally that calls on campus for the genocide of Jews would violate the school's conduct policy. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

This week, the Senate passed a bill that would force TikTok‘s Chinese parent company, ByteDance, to divest the popular video app. Millions of young people get their news from the app, and that number is only growing as we approach an election. TikTok now holds massive sway in political life.

We should take this debate as a moment to think seriously about the way our young people consume news and information.

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