OPINION

My breakup with TikTok was a return to reality

Oped, Vishal Karuppasamy, Published on 12/04/2023

» It was 2.30am, and I was lying in bed with my phone in my hand and my TikTok "For You" page fired up. I knew I shouldn't be awake. A month into my junior year of high school, my workload was already piling up. If I didn't get at least a few hours of sleep before my alarm went off, I would pay for it in class the next day.