# Sex, drugs and TikTok: keeping young people safe needs a mature response, not a moral panic

- Link: https://www.widthness.com/sex-drugs-and-tiktok-keeping-young-people-safe-needs-a-mature-response-not-a-moral-panic-3-2/
- Published: 2021-10-18T09:30:15-05:00
- Author: Curated by Theresa Wysocki

Image caption: While some TikTok content creators advocate drug use, others offer constructive health advice. Gras Grun / Unsplash, CC BY-SA. Article by Isabelle Volpe and Clare Southerton. The Conversation – October 14, 2021. You may have read recently that TikTok allegedly “serves up” sex and drug videos to minors. Media reports have described the video-sharing platform, which is designed predominantly for young people, as an “addiction machine” that promotes harmful content. In an investigation, reporters at the Wall Street Journal created […] Click here to view original web page at theconversation.com Curated by Theresa Wysocki Director of Art & Design See Full Bio