TikTok (China) wants American women to stay single and childless
TikTok’s central role in the ever-swelling youth mental health crisis is well-chronicled. The Chinese-owned social media app is a veritable breeding ground for mental health disorders. It functions less as an online community and more as a supercharged version of the “negative influence” friend that has kept mothers awake at night for generations. Its power to condition the minds of young adults through endless streams of short clips is so strong that it even caused an outbreak of “tics” during the COVID-19 pandemic. Children around the globe, linked only by their consumption of vide...