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{"id":13276,"date":"2021-09-16T08:40:35","date_gmt":"2021-09-16T08:40:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thecorporatemagazine.com\/?p=13276"},"modified":"2021-09-26T05:43:38","modified_gmt":"2021-09-26T05:43:38","slug":"tiktok-is-rolling-out-some-features-to-help-teens-mental-health-as-instagram-comes-under-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thecorporatemagazine.com\/tiktok-is-rolling-out-some-features-to-help-teens-mental-health-as-instagram-comes-under-fire\/","title":{"rendered":"TikTok is rolling out some features to help teens’ mental health as Instagram comes under fire"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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TikTok is rolling out some features to help teens' mental health as Instagram comes under fire<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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September 16, 2021: -TikTok announced Tuesday a slew of features intended to help users who struggle with mental health issues and thoughts of suicide.<\/p>

These include the well-being guides, a support guide for those struggling with the disorder to eat, and a search intervention feature to direct users to support resources when they look up phrases such as #suicide.<\/p>

TikTok\u2019s announcement of the new features after a Wall Street Journal report that said Facebook has found its Instagram app could be harmful to the mental health of teenagers in certain situations.<\/p>

The two apps are in tight competition for teens\u2019 attention. Since its 2017 launch, Chinese-owned TikTok has been gaining ground on Instagram. Last year, it surpassed Instagram as U.S. teenagers’ second-favorite social media app following Snapchat, according to the October 2020 report by Piper Sandler.<\/p>

The new features of TikTok will direct users to support, such as a Crisis Text Line if they search for the term “suicide.”<\/p>

However, TikTok\u2019s new features may be timed to National Suicide Prevention Week, which was the previous week; the timing is fortuitous. Following the Journal’s report, U.S. lawmakers heavily criticized Facebook for social media’s impact on teen mental health and the failure to address the company’s problems.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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