 speaking as a young man with a before and after of social media usage i can absolutely attest to its detrimental effects on today's youth i am unspeakably angered with the assertion that banning tick tock will lead young people resorting to self-harm i've unfortunately had periods of my life where i was hurting myself regularly and can attest wholeheartedly that the motivation to do so is complicated however with everything in me i know that an addiction to social media only served to keep me in maladaptive cycles and in some cases worsen my situation