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Nearly half of Gen Zers wish TikTok ‘was never invented,’ survey finds
TikTok and X were the platforms most young people regretted having in their lives.
“We interpret these low numbers as indicating that Gen Z does not heavily regret the basic communication, storytelling and information-seeking functions of the internet,” Haidt writes. “If smartphones merely let people text each other, watch movies and search for helpful information or interesting videos (without personalized recommendation algorithms intended to hook users), there would be far less regret and resentment.” (On Tuesday, Instagram responded to the growing concern about young people and social media, announcing it would make all teen accounts private by default.)
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