Shaping Communities by Utilizing TikTok
December 19, 2025
For years, adults have viewed TikTok as just another social media platform, an app where kids lip-sync and dance. But
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Joanna (18, she/her) is a student at The Rockdale Magnet School for Science and Technology and a VOX ATL Journalism Fellow. She is especially interested in policy reforms and writing about youth involvement within her surrounding communities. In her free time, she loves collecting different film stocks and taking landscape pictures with them.
For years, adults have viewed TikTok as just another social media platform, an app where kids lip-sync and dance. But
Adults love to make rules about teens, without actually listening to teens. Whether it’s about dress codes, mental health resources,
Muna Yassin, a 17-year-old from Rockdale Magnet School for Science and Technology, spends many weekends curating art activities and building