Jumbangla Desk: Due to the opportunity to watch short videos, many users spend a long time on the video sharing social media platform Tiktok. Some even become addicted to the platform from watching videos regularly. Which greatly affects brain development and mental health.

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Researchers have warned users about this. The platform's internal research and papers have revealed the secret behind the app's addiction. According to the report of the media Financial Express, according to the information of TikTok, if 260 videos are watched in 35 minutes, the user will be likely to become addicted to TikTok.

TikTok authorities released some of the documents as part of a two-year investigation by 14 US attorneys general . According to the leaked documents, officials are aware of the dangers or complications that the TikTok platform poses to teenagers.

This means, TikTok is purposefully designed to create addiction among teenagers. Because of this, the app's algorithm keeps showing the user videos serially to create addiction.

To protect children and teens, the platform has parental control facilities as well as video viewing time control tools. However, many complain that these security tools are not primarily introduced to limit the app's time, but to improve the image of the platform.

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In this regard, a Tiktok official said in the documents that the primary objective of these implementations was to increase daily active users. Basically, the authorities are working to increase the use of the TikTok platform.