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NYT Report Suggests One-Third of TikTok Users Might Be Under 14

August 16, 2020August 15, 2020 Michigan Star Staff

Roughly a third of TikTok’s 49 million daily users in the United States are 14 years old or younger, The New York Times reported Friday, citing internal documents.

The Chinese app’s workers noticed videos from children who appear much younger that remained on the video-streaming platform for weeks, a former employee told the Times. The Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), passed in 1998, requires internet companies to obtain parental permission before gathering data from adolescents under 13.

Experts Explain Possible Reasons Behind a 56 Percent Jump in Youth Suicide Rate in 10 Years

October 23, 2019October 22, 2019 Michigan Star Staff

The national youth suicide rate has increased by 56% in 10 years, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Commentary: How Our Culture Disempowers Teens

July 28, 2019July 28, 2019 Michigan Star Staff

Teenagers are extraordinarily capable. Louis Braille invented his language for the blind when he was 15. Mary Shelley, daughter of libertarian feminist Mary Wollstonecraft, wrote Frankenstein when she was 18. As a young teen, Anne Frank documented her life of hiding from the Nazis during World War II. Malala Yousafzai won the Nobel Prize at 17.