Imagine your 13-year-old signs up for TikTok and, while scrolling through videos, lingers on footage of explosions, rockets and terrified families from the war in Israel and Gaza. 

Your child doesn’t search or follow any accounts. But just pausing on videos about the conflict leads the app to start serving up more war-related content.

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