Ignorance galore.

Cooked, dystopia abound, ignorant orcs to our own condition.

The school for kids who can't read good is going to have to be WAY bigger

There’s a big difference between getting news from TikTok and getting all one’s news from TikTok.

Even then, every major media organization is also on TikTok. There’s likewise a big difference between getting news on TikTok from credentialed journalists and getting news from random influencers.

The stats as reported don’t go into enough detail to help form an informed opinion on whether there’s a problem here.

And another fifth is Facebook. And another Instagram and another...

Another Fediverse and Another Offline hopefully.

Yup, I subscribe to my podunk area's newspaper. I do not subscribe to Paris area newspapers.

I get plenty of news on TikTok, I don’t see a problem. If I hear something on there, I quickly look it up and verify it. The problem isn’t “these damn stupid kids and their social media”, the problem is media literacy combined with major journalistic outlets obliterating their own credibility.