00:00We're doing it for our children, for the future of children, you know, so it's groundbreaking.
00:14It was very hard to listen to that because actually I was quite strong and then I felt really emotional because it's our children that we've lost.
00:42And they're saying, well, it doesn't matter because it's not their responsibility for what's on their platform.
00:47It's our children that have been harmed on their platform and that is fundamentally wrong, in my opinion.
00:53Well, certainly in my case, I know with the other British parents, is that they didn't have mental health problems.
00:58They were on a platform playing and having fun in their eyes.
01:02They didn't have mental health problems that, I don't know, it's fundamentally wrong.
01:08Nothing was wrong until they downloaded that app.
01:11Nothing was wrong until they downloaded TikTok on their phones without permission because TikTok made out that it was safe for a 13-year-old to have TikTok.
01:23That's the bottom line and that's why we're here.
01:25We just want the truth and this company are doing everything they can to prevent us from getting to the truth.
01:34Every single trick in the book and that's what we're here for.
01:38And the fact that we've come all the way from England, we don't want to have to come here and they're saying, well, we should sue in England.
01:43You know, they're incorporated here.
01:45We came here to hold them to account and we've travelled, you know, across the pond to get here to make a point.
01:51And it's highly addictive and it's not fit for purpose.
01:57There's just no way fit for purpose.
01:59All our children were happy and we've handed them a device in good faith and social media have taken our children away.
02:08And it needs to be ramped up.
02:11Laws need to be changed.
02:13Because why are we all standing here?
02:15Because we care about what's happened to our children and the future of the children as well.
02:19These children were on TikTok.
02:27Unbeknownst to their parents, they became addicted to TikTok.
02:30Not because they did anything wrong, but because TikTok worked as it was intended to do.
02:36And the way TikTok generates engagement is not by showing you what you want to see, but what you can't look away from.
02:43And we know from human psychology that psychologically discordant material, difficult material, disturbing material triggers a greater dopamine hit than benign material.
02:55And as a consequence of the deliberate design decisions that TikTok made, these children were subjected to blackout challenges, telling them that it would be cool to tie a ligature around their neck and experience euphoria when it was released.
03:13And tragically, but predictably, the children passed out and they did not have the ability to release the ligature.
03:25And that's why we're here today.
03:27And that's why we're here today.
03:57And that's why we're here today.
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