Report: ‘20 Somethings Are Saying No to TikTok’ Amidst Potential Legislation to Ban it in the U.S.

The Wall Street Journal reported that American Gen Z’ers are willing to try cutting ties with the addictive social media platform for their health.

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TikTok is Affecting Lives & Not in a Good Way

Many Americans call TikTok a major “time waster” and the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported that young adults currently in their late 20s “are noticing that TikTok got in the way of sleep, work, household chores, and relationships” and are willing to give it a break to reclaim their lives.

In fact, almost 9% of TikTok’s average monthly users between the ages of 18 and 24 have scaled back their TikTok usage from 2022 to 2023. (Source: Data.ai)

TikTok claims it has provided tools to “help users limit screen time” such as custom screen-time limits and sleep reminders.

For the record, the people the WSJ interviewed either didn’t know these features existed or ignored the limits altogether.