Social media exposes people to the worst of the worst of human behavior. Anonymous comments are on the level of the writing on a bathroom stall. The bullying and judgmental behavior has a serious, sometimes deadly, effect on their target, often driving them to substance abuse or suicide. And yet social media is promoted everywhere, including schools. Why? TikTok has been promoted in my elementary-aged kids’ school. Thankfully, they have no desire to begin filming videos of themselves for others to then view and judge. The push to saturate childrens lives with social media is vile, because it means exposing them to the sewer-level behavior and rhetoric that thrives online.
