Tiktok: Parents somewhere between trust and despair

While people in the USA are currently worried about Tiktok’s continued existence, there are many in Austria who would really like the app to be shut down. Above all: worried parents. Because Tiktok is the reason why many children and young people spend hours staring at their cell phones. “I absolutely hate Tiktok,” says Isabella. Her fifteen-year-old daughter is addicted to the app. If the parents didn’t control the time, the girl would be on her cell phone for hours every day. “It doesn’t work with trust,” says the mother. After all, Tiktok is designed to be addictive.