This week, the Senate passed a bill that would force TikTok‘s Chinese parent company, ByteDance, to divest the popular video app. Millions of young people get their news from the app, and that number is only growing as we approach an election. TikTok now holds massive sway in political life.
We should take this debate as a moment to think seriously about the way our young people consume news and information.
Shockingly, preteens alone spend an average of nine hours a day on their devices and regularly fall victim to malicious trends and disinformation. Our youth are in desperate need of the skills and knowledge to resist the siren songs they hear online. Civics education can provide a defense.
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We also know that America’s adversaries
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