Tiktok Sebagai PlatformVenting Mendorong Cyberbullying Gen-Z

Abstract

In this modern era, technological advances have brought many social changes to society. This is supported by the
emergence of various media, one of which is Tiktok. As an application with an increasing number of users, of course,
various content can be found in it. Until the majority of gen-Z as active users make Tiktok a media to vent. Venting
on Tiktok invites negative comments to the emergence of cyberbullying. Cyberbullying has a negative impact on gen-Z
mental health such as severe stress, prolonged depression and other psychological disorders. Social change in the form of
the development of this media is often misused by the public to spread hate speech. There are various types of people and
of course someone chooses to vent on social media for a reason. The main problem discussed is “cyberbullying”, where
the point of social change that occurs is on "Tiktok as a venting platform" so this shows that gen-Z has a change in
perspective, starting from what they initially confide in their parents and close friends, now many of them those who
switch to using Tiktok as a medium of vent.