I Was On TikTok For 30 Days: It Is Manipulative, Addictive, And Harmful To Privacy

Whether you like it or not, TikTok’s numbers are impressive. It has over 1 billion monthly active users. It was downloaded 3 billion times worldwide, and it is so far the most downloaded app this year. The average user opens TikTok 8 times per day. Globally, children spend an average of 75 minutes a day on TikTok, making it the social media platform they use most.With these astounding numbers, TikTok must have something special, right? Well, it has. It uses manipulative user experience (UX) design to keep users glued to it. It is built to trigger compulsive use, especially in more impressionable audiences such as teenagers. It is also harmful to privacy. I used TikTok for 30 days, and in this episode, I will explain why and how it is manipulative, addictive, and negatively affects users’ privacy.To read my newsletter post about this topic (including links & references) and subscribe to The Privacy Whisperer newsletter: www.theprivacywhisperer.com/p/i-was-on-tiktok-for-30-days-it-is-2e6.For daily privacy discussions, follow me on Twitter www.twitter.com/@LuizaJarovsky and on LinkedIn www.linkedin.com/in/luizajarovsky.If you want to expand your privacy & data protection knowledge, check out my training and courses: www.implementprivacy.com.Thank you, and see you next week!