‘TikTok is the language they use’: Teens rally around popular app amid criticism


Gaither (left) posing with one of her former students, Melia Scott, regarding the popular TikTok app. Students love the app and Gaither uses it in her teaching. — The Baltimore Sun/TNS

BALTIMORE: In candid moments, teens may concede they spend too many hours scrolling on TikTok, and acknowledge that the wildly popular app can feel frivolous.

But TikTok – a video sharing app for a generation that keeps little to itself – is inspiring ardent loyalty from users who say its dance videos and candid expressions of teen reality help them feel connected during the socially limiting coronavirus pandemic.

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