Does TikTok encourage risky, harmful behaviour in its young users?

In many ways, video sharing app TikTok is a home like any other for content that entertains, informs and inspires. It's a place where a user might discover their favourite new pasta recipe, fitness routine, author, artist or hobby. But there's also a darker side – a phenomenon in which some TikTok users seem to routinely injure and sicken themselves in a bid to make viral content for the app.5 Things to Know newsletter: Sign up to start your day with the biggest storiesFor example, TikTok