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Are social media apps like TikTok causing users to exhibit signs of disorders like Tourette’s or other conditions?
Or because people seem to congregate in communities online, is social media just amplifying what’s already there?
National Post reporter Tyler Dawson, who also produces this podcast, joins the show to discuss research showing young people are acquiring symptoms via social media use, what may be causing these tics, and whether some people are faking symptoms for online clout.
Background reading: Your kid suddenly has Tourette’s? 'TikTok tics' may be to blame
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