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Owen Phillips

Sep 26, 2018

9 min read

Youth, Now

The App That Exposes Teens to Catcalls and Harassment

Engineers and product designers amplify content that meets their business goals. Their choices have unintended consequences.

Illustration: Maria Chimishkyan

AtAt first glance, the app TikTok looks like something I’ve seen before. With its short, vertical videos that play on an…

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