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Word is that TikTok will shut down in the US rather than sell its US business to some other company.

To shut down TikTok would be a great start. Maybe then we could shut down the other sites that use "recommendation engines" programmed to maximize "engagement with the site" — in other words, addiction.

However, much of the harm done by addictiveness could be prevented by taking recommendation engines out of the control of the platform itself.