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I think apps like TikTok are designed and built like gambling apps to manipulate behavior - particularly young people - into staying engaged with the platform. That type of psychological manipulation should be regulated when children are involved, or at the very least transparent about it. TikTok, Facebook, Instagram, all of them should be closely examined.



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