Right now there is a thing (hashtag?) called BookTok on TikTok, where teens share recommendations for books. Its apparently big enough that librarians notice that there is a run on these books when they break.
Given that, unless TikTok is banned in general it would be a very hard case to make that a librarian shouldn't be using BookTok, when it measurably gets teens to read.
Sure you could make arguments against social media in general, and national security issues with TikTok specifically, but that is not the job of a librarian.
If you work in a library and find out one of your direct reports have installed Instagram on her government phone and is sharing stories about book recommendations or better ways to you use the library, and it is having an effect, then you are a bad boss if you do not support her.
Given that, unless TikTok is banned in general it would be a very hard case to make that a librarian shouldn't be using BookTok, when it measurably gets teens to read.
Sure you could make arguments against social media in general, and national security issues with TikTok specifically, but that is not the job of a librarian.
If you work in a library and find out one of your direct reports have installed Instagram on her government phone and is sharing stories about book recommendations or better ways to you use the library, and it is having an effect, then you are a bad boss if you do not support her.