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With TikTok potentially on the chopping block, what impact is the app having on kids and teens – and what might be the impact if it disappears? Aaron chats with Rosa Li of UNC’s department of psychology and neuroscience, who argues that social media is a lot like food: beneficial if you focus on the healthy stuff but potentially harmful if you focus on the junk, with some people at greater risks than others.

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