TikTok has a drug-like effect on the brain. Multiple studies show a clear link between excessive TikTok engagement and increased levels of anxiety, depression, and stress. Maybe it is time we regulate it like a drug?

Hyperbole of some sort. I think it works on both the positive and negative side of the axis too.

I’ll have a packet of cigarettes, a fifth of vodka, and an unrestricted personal electro device.

ID please.

Seems entirely reasonable.

Possibility entirely ineffective, but then again I don’t often see children walking around with bottle a of booze.

It’s about 15 years ahead of its time. Too enlightened for most.

This is how the internet is run in countries where you need ID to connect to services. It’s not at all dystopian.