Your Voice: What do you perceive as the harms or benefits of TikTok and Meta? Is there a difference in the threat level they present?

Andrell ‘The Detox Lady’  Johnson Atlanta “I think all of it falls in the same category as long as it’s on the phone. You can click on the app. It’s social media. So, anything on the app is a place where people can communicate, do business, and interact. To me, it all falls in the same category. (The negative is) the unknown. I say the unknown of things that we don’t see on the surface because we don’t know exactly what goes behind the work of (what they do) when it comes to these new platforms.” Antonio ’Tony Tonsoril The Barber’ Wagner Atlanta “They are both convenient, depending on your brand and what you advertise to the individual. However, they can be useful for people trying to get a message out or trying to sell their brand or product. (But when it comes to the kids) you have to do more parenting. Just because of how things are updated now, they have more guidelines and policies that parents can follow and put provisions on the phone or apps the child uses. It’s about safeguarding and putting more control over what the child accesses with these apps.” Akiharho Akeem Rhodes Atlanta...