What we should learn from the TikTok outage [Video]

TO BE GOOD FOR SOME HIGHS IN THE 50S. THANK YOU ERIC. SOME CELEBRATED THE BRIEF TIKTOK BAN EARLIER THIS MONTH, WHILE OTHERS WONDERED WHAT THEY WOULD DO WITHOUT THE SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM FOR YOUNG PEOPLE. IT DISRUPTED EVERYTHING FROM SOCIAL LIFE TO WORK. PEYTON SPELLACY JOINS US LIVE WITH SOME IMPORTANT REMINDERS FOR PARENTS. HEY, PEYTON. HEY, GOOD MORNING, TODD AND ROYALE. YEAH, SO THE OUTAGE CAUSED A LOT OF SENSE OF UNCERTAINTY, ANXIETY, EVEN GRIEF FOR SOME LINDSAY LUNNEY. SHE’S THE FOUNDER OF A MENTAL HEALTH APP. SHE SAYS THAT SO MANY PEOPLE RELY ON THESE APPS FOR SOCIAL INTERACTION, AND THE BAN FORCED A SHIFT IN ROUTINES, RELATIONSHIPS AND EMOTIONAL WELL-BEING. LUNNEY IS TRYING TO SHIFT THE NARRATIVE RIGHT NOW, ADVOCATING FOR PEOPLE TO ACTUALLY SPEND TIME ON SOCIAL MEDIA, RECOGNIZING ITS VITAL ROLE IN FOSTERING INTERACTION AND DIALOG. SHE ALSO SAYS PEOPLE DON’T UNDERSTAND ITS IMPACT …