TikTok has proven to be the number one app for surviving lockdown, as more than a billion people worldwide have signed up to watch and create viral videos of dance sequences, cute animals, and a never ending series of #challenges.

But with increasingly younger children keen to access the social media content to keep up with their friends, many parents feel conflicted about how young is too young, and whether news stories about dark content being shared should be a major red flag.

The Quicky speaks to an expert in children and technology to find out just how dangerous or not this platform is for the next generation of content creators.

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CREDITS 

Host/Producer: Claire Murphy

Executive Producer: Siobhán Moran-McFarlane

Audio Producer: Ian Camilleri

Guest:

Dr Joanne Orlando - Senior Lecturer in Early Childhood Education at the University of Western Sydney, and a leading expert in the field of children and technology.

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