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Massachusetts Attorney General joins coalition investigating TikTok’s impact on children

WCVB Staff

WCVB Boston

Mar 3, 2022

The Digital Wellness Lab’s Dr. Michael Rich chime sin on how TikTok and other new platforms can be more usefully thought of as tools for parents and kids.

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We believe that by following the science, we can create an empathetic and respectful world in which our kids can grow up healthy, smart, and kind.

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