Parents should be terrified by TikTok’s dangerous influence over our kids

Congressional talk about TikTok needs to be a wake-up call to parents. The Chinese app exposes kids to dangerous content, especially about suicide. It's 'every parents's nightmare.'

Alleigh Marré is the executive director of the American Parents Coalition – an organization to empower, support and give a voice to parents addressing the wide range of today’s unique parenting challenges. 

One of the biggest threats online is the most-popular social media app among children globally and in the U.S., TikTok. On the surface, TikTok is known as a source of new trends and the latest dance crazes. However, a peek behind the curtain reveals that the platform covertly exposes children to content promoting suicide, extreme diets and distorted body images within minutes of engagement.